Processes for the use of cobalt-aluminum-phosphorus-silicon-oxide molecular sieve compositions

ABSTRACT

Crystalline molecular sieves having three-dimensional microporous framework structures of CoO 2 , AlO 2 , SiO 2 , PO 2  and tetrahedral units are disclosed. These molecular sieves have an empirical chemical composition on an anhydrous basis expressed by the formula: 
     
         mR: (Co.sub.w Al.sub.x P.sub.y Si.sub.z)O.sub.2 
    
     wherein &#34;R&#34; represents at least one organic templating agent present in the intracrystalline pore system; &#34;m&#34; represents the molar amount of &#34;R&#34; present per mole of (Co w  Al x  P y  Si z )O 2  ; and &#34;w&#34;, &#34;x&#34;, &#34;y&#34; and &#34;z&#34; represent the mole fractions of cobalt, aluminum, phosphorus and silicon, respectively, present as tetrahedral oxides. Their use as adsorbents, catalysts, etc. is also disclosed.

This is a divisional of our copending application Ser. No. 600,174, filed Apr. 13, 1984 (now U.S. Pat. No. 4,744,970).

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The instant invention relates to processes for the use of a novel class of crystalline three-dimensional microporous molecular sieves, and as adsorbents and catalysts. The invention relates to novel cobalt-aluminum-phosphorus-silicon-oxide molecular sieves having cobalt, aluminum, phosphorus and silicon in the form of framework tetrahedral oxides. These compositions may be prepared hydrothermally from gels containing reactive compounds of cobalt, aluminum, phosphorus and silicon capable of forming framework tetrahedral oxides, and preferably at least one organic templating agent which functions in part to determine the course of the crystallization mechanism and the structure of the crystalline product.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Molecular sieves of the crystalline aluminosilicate zeolite type are well known in the art and now comprise over 150 species of both naturally occurring and synthetic composition. In general the crystalline zeolites are formed from corner-sharing AlO₂ and SiO₂ tetrahedra and are characterized by having pore openings of uniform dimensions, having a significant ion-exchange capacity and being capable of reversibly desorbing an adsorbed phase which is dispersed throughout the internal voids of the crystal without displacing any atoms which make up the permanent crystal structure.

Other crystalline microporous compositions which are not zeolitic, i.e. do not contain AlO₂ tetrahedra as essential framework constituents, but which exhibit the ion-exchange and/or adsorption characteristics of the zeolites are also known. Metal organosilicates which are said to possess ion-exchange properties, have uniform pores and are capable of reversibly adsorbing molecules having molecular diameters of about 6 Å or less, are reported in U.S. Pat. No. 3,941,871 issued Mar. 2, 1976 to Dwyer et al. A pure silica polymorph, silicalite, having molecular sieving properties and a neutral framework containing neither cations nor cation sites is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,061,724 issued Dec. 6, 1977 to R. W. Grose et al.

A recently reported class of microporous compositions and the first framework oxide molecular sieves synthesized without silica, are the crystalline aluminophosphate compositions disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,310,440 issued Jan. 12, 1982 to Wilson et al. These materials are formed from AlO₂ and PO₂ tetrahedra and have electrovalently neutral frameworks as in the case of silica polymorphs. Unlike the silica molecular sieve, silicalite, which is hydrophobic due to the absence of extra-structural cations, the aluminophosphate molecular sieves are moderately hydrophilic, apparently due to the difference in electronegativity between aluminum and phosphorus. Their intracrystalline pore volumes and pore diameters are comparable to those known for zeolites and silica molecular sieves.

In copending and commonly assigned application Ser. No. 400,438, filed July 26, 1982, (now U.S. Pat. No. 4,440,871) there is described a novel class of silicon-substituted aluminophosphates which are both microporous and crystalline. The materials have a three dimensional crystal framework of PO₂ ⁺, AlO₂ ⁻ and SiO₂ tetrahedral units and, exclusive of any alkali metal or calcium which may optionally be present, an as-synthesized empirical chemical composition on an anhydrous basis of:

    mR:(Si.sub.x Al.sub.y P.sub.z)O.sub.2

where "R" represents at least one organic templating agent present in the intracrystalline pore system; "m" represents the moles of "R" present per mole of (Si_(x) Al_(y) P_(z))O₂ and has a value of from zero to 0.3; the maximum value in each case depending upon the molecular dimensions of the templating agent and the available void volume of the pore system of the particular silicoaluminophosphate species involved; and "x", "y", and "z" represent the mole fractions of silicon, aluminum and phosphorus, respectively, present as tetraheral oxides. The minimum value for each of "x", "y", and "z" is 0.01 and preferably 0.02. The maximum value for "x" is 0.98; for "y" is 0.60; and for "z" is 0.52. These silicoaluminophosphates exhibit several physical and chemical properties which are characteristic of aluminosilicate zeolites and aluminophosphates.

In copending and commonly assigned application Ser. No. 480,738, file Mar. 31, 1983 (now U.S. Pat. No. 4,500,651) there is described a novel class of titanium-containing molecular sieves whose chemical composition in the as-synthesized and anhydrous form is represented by the unit empirical formula:

    mR:(Ti.sub.x Al.sub.y P.sub.z)O.sub.2

wherein "R" represents at least one organic templating agent present in the intracrystalline pore system; "m" represents the moles of "R" present per mole of (Ti_(x) Al_(y) P_(z))O₂ and has a value of between zero and about 5.0; and "x", "y" and "z" represent the mole fractions of titanium, aluminum and phosphorus, respectively, present as tetrahedral oxides.

In copending and commonly assigned application Ser. No. 514,334, filed July 15, 1983 (now U.S. Pat. No. 4,567,029), there is described a novel class of crystalline metal aluminophosphates having three-dimensional microporous framework structures of MO₂, AlO₂ and PO₂ tetrahdedral units and having an empirical chemical composition on an anhydrous basis expressed by the formula:

    mR:(M.sub.x Al.sub.y P.sub.z)O.sub.2

wherein "R" represents at least one organic templating agent present in the intracrystalline pore system; "m" represents the moles of "R" present per mole of (M_(x) Al_(y) P_(z))O₂ and has a value of from zero to 0.3; "M" represents at least one metal of the group magnesium, manganese, zinc and cobalt; "x", "y" and "z" represent the mole fraction of the metal "M", aluminum and phosphorus, respectively, present as tetrahedral oxides.

In copending and commonly assigned application Ser. No. 514,335, filed July 15, 1983 (now U.S. Pat. No. 4,683,217), there is described a novel class of crystalline ferroaluminophosphates having a three-dimensional microporous framework structure of FeO₂, AlO₂ and PO₂ tetrahedral units and having an empirical chemical composition on an anhydrous basis expressed by the formula:

    mR:(Fe.sub.x Al.sub.y P.sub.z)O.sub.2

wherein "R" represents at least one organic templating agent present in the intracrystalline pore system; "m" represents the moles of "R" present per mole of (Fe_(x) Al_(y) P_(z))O₂ and has a value of from zero to 0.3; and "x", "y" and "z" represent the mole fractions of the iron, aluminum and phosphorus, respectively, present as tetrahedral oxides.

The instant invention relates to new molecular sieves comprising framework tetrahedral oxides of CoO₂ ⁻², AlO₂ ⁻, PO₂ ⁺ and SiO₂.

DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

FIG. 1 is a ternary diagram wherein parameters relating to the instant compositions are set forth as mole fractions.

FIG. 2 is a ternary diagram wherein parameters relating to preferred compositions are set forth as mole fractions.

FIG. 3 is a ternary diagram wherein parameters relating to the reaction mixtures employed in the preparation of the compositions of this invention are set forth as mole fractions.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The instant invention relates to a new class of molecular sieves having a three-dimensional microporous crystal framework structures of CoO₂ ⁻², AlO₂ ⁻, PO₂ ⁺ and SiO₂ tetrahedral oxide units. These new cobalt-aluminum-phosphorus-silicon-oxide molecular sieves exhibit ion-exchange, adsorption and catalytic properties and, accordingly, find wide use as adsorbents and catalysts. The members of this novel class of compositions have crystal framework structures of CoO₂ ⁻² (and/or CoO₂ ⁻¹). AlO₂ ⁻, PO₂ ⁺ and SiO₂ tetrahedral units and have an empirical chemical composition on an anhydrous basis expressed by the formula:

    mR:(Co.sub.w Al.sub.x P.sub.y Si.sub.z)O.sub.2

wherein "R" represents at least one organic templating agent present in the intracrystalline pore system; "m" represents the molar amount of "R" present per mole of (Co_(w) Al_(x) P_(y) Si_(z))O₂ and has a value of from zero to about 0.3; and "w", "x", "y" and "z" represent the mole fractions of cobalt, aluminum, phosphorus and silicon, respectively, present as tetrahedral oxides. The instant molecular sieve compositions are characterized in several ways as distinct from heretofore known molecular sieves, including the aforementioned ternary compositions. The instant molecular sieves are characterized by the enhanced thermal stability of certain species and by the existence of species heretofore unknown for binary and ternary molecular sieves.

The molecular sieves of the instant invention will be generally referred to by the acronym "CoAPSO" to designate the crystal framework of CoO₂ ⁻², AlO₂ ⁻, PO₂ ⁺ and SiO₂ tetrahderal oxide units. Actual class members will be identified as structural species by assigning a number to the species and, accordingly, are identified as "CoAPSO-i" wherein "i" is an integer. This designation is an arbitrary one and is not intended to denote structural relationship to another material(s) which may also be characterized by a numbering system.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The instant invention relates to a new class of molecular sieves having a three-dimensional microporous crystal framework structures of CoO₂ ⁻², AlO₂ ⁻, PO₂ ⁺ and SiO₂ tetrahedral oxide units. Reference to CoO₂ ² herein is also meant to include reference to CoO₂ ⁻¹, such that CoO₂ ⁻² and/or CoO₂ ⁻¹ tetrahedral oxide units may be present. These new molecular sieves exhibit ion-exchange, adsorption and catalytic properties and accordingly find wide use as adsorbents and catalysts.

The molecular sieves of the instant invention have three-dimensional microporous framework structures of CoO₂ ⁻², AlO₂ ⁻, PO₂ ⁺ and SiO₂ tetrahedral units and have an empirical chemical composition on an anhydrous basis expressed by the formula:

    mR:(Co.sub.w Al.sub.x P.sub.y Si.sub.z)O.sub.2

wherein "R" represents at least one organic templating agent present in the intracrystalline pore system; "m" represents the molar amount of "R" present per mole of (Co_(w) Al_(x) P_(y) Si_(z))O₂ and has a value of from zero to about 0.3; and "w", "x", "y" and "z" represent the mole fractions of cobalt, aluminum, phosphorus and silicon, respectively. present as tetrahedral oxides, where the mole fractions "w", "x", "y" and "z" are each at least 0.01 and are generally defined, as being within the pentagonal compositional area defined by points A, B, C, D and E of FIG. 1, said points A, B, C, D, and E having the following values for "w", "x", "y" and "z":

    ______________________________________                                         Mole Fraction                                                                  Point   x             y      (z + w)                                           ______________________________________                                         A       0.60          0.38   0.02                                              B       0.38          0.60   0.02                                              C       0.01          0.60   0.39                                              D       0.01          0.01   0.98                                              E       0.60          0.01   0.39                                              ______________________________________                                    

In a preferred subclass of the CoAPSO molecular sieves the values of "w", "x", "y", and "z" in the above formula are within the tetragonal compositional area defined by points a, b, c, and d, of FIG. 2, said points a, b, c, and d having the following values for "w", "x", "y" and "z":

    ______________________________________                                         Mole Fraction                                                                  Point   x             y      (z + w)                                           ______________________________________                                         a       0.55          0.43   0.02                                              b       0.43          0.55   0.02                                              c       0.10          0.55   0.35                                              d       0.55          0.10   0.35                                              ______________________________________                                    

The CoAPSOs of this invention are useful as adsorbents, catalysts, ion-exchangers, and the like in much the same fashion as aluminosilicates have been employed heretofore, although their chemical and physical properties are not necessarily similar to those observed for aluminosilicates.

CoAPSO compositions are generally synthesized by hydrothermal crystallization from a reaction mixture containing reactive sources of cobalt, silicon, aluminum and phosphorus, an organic templating, i.e., structure-directing, agent, preferably a compound of an element of Group VA of the Periodic Table, and optionally an alkali metal. The reaction mixture is generally placed in a sealed pressure vessel, preferably lined with an inert plastic material such as polytetrafluoroethylene and heated, preferably under autogenous pressure at an effective temperature which is generally between 50° C. and 250° C. and preferably between 100° C. and 200° C. until crystals of the CoAPSO product are obtained, usually for an effective time of from several hours to several weeks. Generally the effective crystallization time will be from about 2 hours to about 30 days and typically from about 4 hours to about 20 days. The product is receovered by any convenient method such as centrifugation or filtration.

In synthesizing the CoAPSO compositions of the instant invention, it is preferred to employ a reaction mixture composition expressed in terms of the molar ratios as follows:

    aR:(Co.sub.r Al.sub.s P.sub.t Si.sub.u)O.sub.2 :bH.sub.2 O

wherein "R" is an organic templating agent; "a" is the amount of organic templating agent "R" and has a value of from zero to about 6 and is preferably an effective amount within the range of greater than zero (0) to about 6; "b" has a value of from zero (0) to about 500, preferably between about 2 and 300; and "r", "s", "t" and "u" and represent the mole fractions of cobalt, aluminum, phosphorus and silicon, respectively, and each has a value of at least 0.01. In a preferred embodiment the reaction mixture is selected such that the mole fractions "r", "s", "t" and "u" are generally defined as being within the pentagonal compositional area defined by points E, F, G, H and I of the ternary diagram of FIG. 3. Points E, F, G, H and I of FIG. 3 have the following values for "r", "s", "t" and "u":

    ______________________________________                                         Mole Fraction                                                                  Point   s             t      (u + n)                                           ______________________________________                                         F       0.60          0.38   0.02                                              G       0.38          0 60   0.02                                              H       0.01          0.60   0.39                                              I       0.01          0.01   0.98                                              J       0.60          0.01   0.39                                              ______________________________________                                    

For reasons unknown at present, not every reaction mixture gave crystalline CoAPSO products when reaction products were examined for CoAPSO products by X-ray analysis. Those reaction mixtures from which crystalline CoAPSO products were obtained are reported in the examples hereinafter as numbered examples and those reaction mixtures from which CoAPSO products were not identified by use of X-ray analysis are reported as lettered examples.

In the foregoing expression of the reaction composition, the reactants are normalized with respect to the total of "r", "s", "t" and "u" such that (r+s+t+u)=1.00 mole, whereas in the examples the reaction mixtures are expressed in terms of molar oxide ratios and may be normalized to the moles of P₂ O₅. This latter form is readily converted to the former form by routine calculations by dividing the number of moles of each component (including the template and water) by the total number of moles of cobalt, aluminum, phosphorus and silicon which results in normalized mole fractions based on total moles of the aforementioned components.

In forming reaction mixtures from which the instant molecular sieves are formed the organic templating agent can be any of those heretofore proposed for use in the synthesis of conventional zeolite aluminosilicates. In general these compounds contain elements of Group VA of the Periodic Table of Elements, particularly nitrogen, phosphorus, arsenic and antimony, preferably nitrogen or phosphorus and most preferably nitrogen, which compounds also contain at least one alkyl or aryl group having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms. Particularly preferred compounds for use as templating agents are the amines, quaternary phosphonium and quaternary ammonium compounds, the latter two being represented generally by the formula R₄ X⁺ wherein "X" is nitrogen or phosphorous and each R is an alkyl or aryl group containing from 1 to 8 carbon atoms. Polymeric quaternary ammonium salts such as [(C₁₄ H₃₂ N₂) (OH)₂ ]_(x) wherein "x" has a value of at least 2 are also suitably employed. The mono-, di- and tri-amines are advantageously utilized, either alone or in combination with a quaternary ammonium compound or other templating compound. Mixtures of two or more templating agents can either produce mixtures of the desired CoAPSOs or the more strongly directing templating species may control the course of the reaction with the other templating species serving primarily to establish the pH conditions of the reaction gel. Representative templating agents include: tetramethylammonium; tetraethylammonium; tetrapropylammonium; tetrabutylammonium ions; tetrapentylammonium ions; di-n-propylamine; tripropylamine; triethylamine; triethanolamine; piperidine; cyclohexylamine; 2-methylpyridine; N,N-dimethylbenzylamine; N,N-dimethylethanolamine; chlorine; N,N'-dimethylpiperazine; 1,4-diazabicyclo (2,2,2) octane; N-methyldiethanolamine, N-methylethanolamine; N-methylpiperidine; 3-methylpiperidine; N-methylcyclohexylamine; 3-methylpyridine; 4-methylpyridine; quinuclidine; N,N'-dimethyl-1,4-diazabicyclo (2,2,2) octane ion; di-n-butylamine, neopentylamine; di-n-pentylamine; isopropylamine; t-butylamine; ethylenediamine; pyrrolidine; and 2-imidazolidone. Not every templating agent will direct the formation of every species of CoAPSO, i.e., a single templating agent may, with proper manipulation of the reaction conditions, direct the formation of several CoAPSO compositions, and a given CoAPSO may be produced using several different templating agents.

Most any reactive silicon source may be employed such that SiO₂ tetrahedral oxide units are formed in situ. The source of silicon may be silica, either as a silica sol or as fumed silica, a reactive solid amorphous precipitated silica, silica gel, alkoxides of silicon, silicic acid or alkali metal silicate and the like.

The most suitable phosphorus source yet found for the present process is phosphoric acid. but organic phosphates such as triethyl phosphate have been found satisfactory, and so also have crystalline or amorphous aluminophosphates such as the AlPO₄ compositions of U.S. Pat. No. 4,310,440. Organo-phosphorus compounds, such as tetrabutylphosphonium bromide, do not apparently serve as reactive sources of phosphorus, but these compounds do function as templating agents. Conventional phosphorus salts such as sodium metaphosphate, may be used, at least in part, as the phosphorus source, but are not preferred.

The preferred aluminum source is either an aluminum alkoxide, such as aluminum isopropoxide, or pseudoboehmite. The crystalline or amorphous aluminophosphates which are a suitable source of phosphorus are, of course, also suitable sources of aluminum. Other sources of aluminum used in zeolite synthesis, such as gibbsite, sodium aluminate and aluminum trichloride, can be employed but are not preferred.

The source of cobalt can be introduced into the reaction system in any form which permits the formation in situ of a reactive form of cobalt, i.e., reactive to form the framework tetrhedral unit CoO₂ ⁻². Compounds of cobalt which may be employed include oxides, hydroxides, alkoxides, carboxylates, sulfates, nitrates, halides and the like including cobalt chloride hexahydrate, alpha cobaltous iodide, cobaltous sulfate, cobalt acetate, cobaltous bromide and cobaltous chloride.

While not essential to the synthesis of CoAPSO compositions, stirring or other moderate agitation of the reaction mixture and/or seeding the reaction mixture with seed crystals of either the CoAPSO species to be produced or a topologically similar aluminophosphate, aluminosilicate or molecular sieve composition, facilitates the crystallization procedure.

After crystallization the CoAPSO product may be isolated and advantageously washed with water and dried in air. The as-synthesized CoAPSO generally contains within its internal pore system at least one form of the templating agent employed in its formation. Most commonly any organic moiety derived from the organic template is present, at least in part, as a charge-balancing cation as is generally the case with as-synthesized aluminosilicate zeolites prepared from organic-containing reaction systems. It is possible, however, that some or all of the organic moiety is an occluded molecular species in a particular CoAPSO species. As a general rule the templating agent, and hence the occluded organic species, is too large to move freely through the pore system of the CoAPSO product and must be removed by calcining the CoAPSO at temperatures of 200° C. to 700° C. to thermally degrade the organic species. In a few instances the pores of the CoAPSO product are sufficiently large to permit transport of the templating agent, particularly if the latter is a small molecule, and accordingly complete or partial removal thereof can be accomplished by conventional desorption procedures such as carried out in the case of zeolites. It will be understood that the term "as-synthesized" as used herein does not include the condition of the CoAPSO phase wherein the organic moiety occupying the intracrystalline pore system as a result of the hydrothermal crystallization process has been reduced by post-synthesis treatment such that the value of "m" in the composition formula

    mR:(Co.sub.w Al.sub.x P.sub.y Si.sub.z)O.sub.2

has a value of less than 0.02. The other symbols of the formula are as defined hereinabove. In those preparations in which an alkoxide is employed as the source of cobalt, aluminum, phosphorous or silicon the corresponding alcohol is necessarily present in the reaction mixture since it is a hydrolysis product of the alkoxide. It has not been determined whether this alcohol participates in the synthesis process as a templating agent. For the purposes of this application, however, this alcohol is arbitrarily omitted from the class of templating agents, even if it is present in the as-synthesized CoAPSO material.

Since the present CoAPSO compositions are formed from CoO₂, AlO₂, PO₂ and SiO₂ tetrahedral units which, respectively, have a net charge of -2 (and/or -1), -1, +1 and 0, the matter of cation exchangeability is considerably more complicated than in the case of zeolitic molecular sieves in which, ideally, there is a stoichiometric relationship between AlO₂ ⁻ tetrahedra and charge-balancing cations. In the instant compositions, an AlO₂ ⁻ tetrahedron can be balanced electrically either by association with a PO₂ ⁺ tetrahedron or a simple cation such as an alkali metal cation, a cation of cobalt present in the reaction mixture, or an organic cation derived from the templating agent. Similarly, CoO₂ ⁻² and/or CoO₂ ⁻¹ tetrahedra can be balanced electrically by association with PO₂ ⁺ tetrahedra, a cation of the cobalt, organic cations derived from the templating agent, a simple cation such as an alkali metal cation, or other divalent or polyvalent metal cations introduced from an extraneous source. It has also been postulated that non-adjacent AlO₂ ⁻ and PO₂ ⁺ tetrahedral pairs can be balanced by Na⁺ and OH⁻ respectively [Flanigen and Grose, Molecular Sieve Zeolites-I, ACS, Washington, DC (1971)]

The CoAPSO compositions of the present invention may exhibit cation-exchange capacity when analyzed using ion-exchange techniques heretofore employed with zeolitic aluminosilicates and have pore diameters which are inherent in the lattice structure of each species and which are at least about 3 Å in diameter. Ion exchange of CoAPSO compositions is ordinarily possible only after the organic moiety present as a result of synthesis has been removed from the pore system. Dehydration to remove water present in the as-synthesized CoAPSO compositions can usually be accomplished, to some degree at least, in the usual manner without removal of the organic moiety, but the absence of the organic species greatly facilitates adsorption and desorption procedures. The CoAPSO materials have various degrees of hydrothermal and thermal stability, some being quite remarkable in this regard, and function well as molecular sieve adsorbents and hydrocarbon conversion catalysts or catalyst bases.

In each example a stainless steel reaction vessel was utilized and was lined with an inert plastic material, polytetrafluoroethylene, to avoid contamination of the reaction mixture. In general, the final reaction mixture from which each CoAPSO composition is crystallized is prepared by forming mixtures of less than all of the reagents and thereafter incorporating into these mixtures additional reagents either singly or in the form of other intermediate mixtures of two or more reagents. In some instance the admixed reagents retain their identity in the intermediate mixture and in other cases some or all of the reagents are involved in chemical reactions to produce new reagents. The term "mixture" is applied in both cases. Further, unless otherwise specified, each intermediate mixture as well as the final reaction mixture was stirred until substantially homogeneous.

X-ray patterns of reaction products are obtained by X-ray analysis using standard X-ray powder diffraction techniques. The radiation source is a high-intensity, copper target, X-ray tube operated at 50 Kv and 40 ma. The diffraction pattern from the copper K-alpha radiation and graphite monochromator is suitably recorded by an X-ray spectrometer scintillation counter, pulse height analyzer and strip chart recorder. Flat compressed powder samples are scanned at 2° (2 theta) per minute, using a two second time constant. Interplanar spacings (d) in Angstrom units are obtained from the position of the diffraction peaks expressed as 2θ where θ is the Bragg angle as observed on the strip chart. Intensities are determined from the heights of diffraction peaks after subtracting background, "I_(o) " being the intensity of the strongest line or peak, and "I" being the intensity of each of the other peaks. Alternatively, the X-ray patterns are obtained from the copper K-alpha radiation by use of computer based techniques using Siemens D-500 X-ray powder diffractometers and Siemens Type K-805 X-ray sources, available from Siemens Corporation, Cherry Hill, N.J., with appropriate computer interface.

As will be understood by those skilled in the art the determination of the parameter 2 theta is subject to both human and mechanical error, which in combination, can impose an uncertainty of about ±0.4° on each reported value of 2 theta. This uncertainty is, of course, also manifested in the reported values of the d-spacings, which are calculated from the 2 theta values. This imprecision is general throughout the art and is not sufficient to preclude the differentiation of the present crystalline materials from each other and from the compositions of the prior art. In some of the X-ray patterns reported, the relative intensities of the d-spacings are indicated by the notations vs, s, m, w and vw which represent very strong, strong, medium, weak and very weak, respectively.

In certain instances the purity of a synthesized product may be assessed with reference to its X-ray powder diffraction pattern. Thus, for example, if a sample is stated to be pure, it is intended only that the X-ray pattern of the sample is free of lines attributable to crystalline impurities, not that there are no amorphous materials present.

The molecular sieves of the instant invention may be characterized by their x-ray powder diffraction patterns and such may have one of the x-ray patterns set forth in the following Tables A through M, wherein said x-ray patterns are for both the as-synthesized and calcined forms unless otherwise noted:

                  TABLE A                                                          ______________________________________                                         (CoAPSO-5)                                                                     2θ     d (Å) Relative Intensity                                      ______________________________________                                         7.3-7.5      12.11-11.79                                                                              m-vs                                                    14.7-14.9    6.03-5.95 w-m                                                     19.6-19.8    4.53-4.48 w-m                                                     20.9-21.2    4.25-4.19 w-vs                                                    22.3-22.4    3.99-3.97 m-vs                                                    25.8-26.0    3.453-3.427                                                                              vw-m                                                    ______________________________________                                    

                  TABLE B                                                          ______________________________________                                         (CoAPSO-11)                                                                    2θ     d (Å) Relative Intensity                                      ______________________________________                                         7.9-8.1      11.19-10.92                                                                              m                                                       9.3-9.5      9.51-9.31 m-s                                                     21.0-21.3    4.23-4.17 vs                                                      22.1-22.3    4.02-3.99 m                                                       22.7-23.1    3.92-3.85 m                                                       23.2-23.4    3.83-3.80 m                                                       ______________________________________                                    

                  TABLE C                                                          ______________________________________                                         (CoAPSO-16)                                                                    2θ     d (Å) Relative Intensity                                      ______________________________________                                         11.4-11.6    7.76-7.63 w-s                                                     17.2-17.4    5.16-5.10 m                                                       18.7-18.9    4.75-4.70 vw-m                                                    21.9-22.1    4.06-4.02 vs                                                      23.1-23.3    3.85-3.82 m                                                       26.8-27.0    3.326-3.302                                                                              m                                                       29.8-29.9    2.998-2.988                                                                              w-m                                                     ______________________________________                                    

                  TABLE D                                                          ______________________________________                                         (CoAPSO-20)                                                                    2θ     d (Å) Relative Intensity                                      ______________________________________                                         13.9-14.0    6.37-6.33 m                                                       19.7-19.8    4.51-4.48 m                                                       24.2-24.3    3.68-3.66 vs                                                      28.0-28.1    3.187-3.175                                                                              w                                                       31.4-31.5    2.849-2.840                                                                              w                                                       34.5-34.6    2.600-2.592                                                                              w                                                       ______________________________________                                    

                  TABLE E                                                          ______________________________________                                         (CoAPSO-31)                                                                    2θ     d (Å) Relative Intensity                                      ______________________________________                                         8.5-8.6      10.40-10.28                                                                              m                                                       20.2-20.3    4.40-4.37 m                                                       22.0-22.1    4.04-4.02 m                                                       22.6-22.7    3.93-3.92 vs                                                      28.0-28.1    3.187-3.175                                                                              w                                                       31.7-31.8    2.823-2.814                                                                              m                                                       ______________________________________                                    

                  TABLE F                                                          ______________________________________                                         (CoAPSO-34)                                                                    2θ     d (Å) Relative Intensity                                      ______________________________________                                         9.4-9.8      9.41-9.03 s-vs                                                    12.86-13.06  6.86-6.76 w                                                       14.08-14.30  6.28-6.19 w-m                                                     15.90-16.20  5.57-5.47 vw-m                                                    20.60-20.83  4.31-4.26 w-vs                                                    30.50-30.80  2.931-2.903                                                                              w-m                                                     ______________________________________                                    

                  TABLE G                                                          ______________________________________                                         (CoAPSO-35)                                                                    2θ     d (Å) Relative Intensity                                      ______________________________________                                         10.9-11.0    8.12-8.04 m-vs                                                    13.4-13.7    6.61-6.46 m-vs                                                    17.3-17.4    5.13-5.10 m-s                                                     20.9-21.2    4.25-4.19 m                                                       21.9-22.3    4.06-3.99 m-vs                                                    28.3-28.6    3.153-3.121                                                                              m                                                       ______________________________________                                    

                  TABLE H                                                          ______________________________________                                         (CoAPSO-36)                                                                    2θ     d (Å) Relative Intensity                                      ______________________________________                                         7.8-8.0      11.33-11.05                                                                              vs                                                      8.2-8.3      10.78-10.65                                                                              m                                                       16.4-16.6    5.40-5.34 m                                                       19.0-19.3    4.67-4.60 m                                                       20.7-21.0    4.29-4.23 m                                                       22.3-22.6    3.99-3.93 w-m                                                     ______________________________________                                    

                  TABLE J                                                          ______________________________________                                         (CoAPSO-39)                                                                    2θ     d (Å) Relative Intensity                                      ______________________________________                                         9.4-9.5      9.41-9.31 m                                                       13.3-13.4    6.66-6.61 m                                                       18.1-18.2    4.90-4.87 w-m                                                     21.0-21.2    4.23-4.19 vs                                                      22.4-22.5    3.97-3.95 m-s                                                     26.4-26.5    3.376-3.363                                                                              m                                                       ______________________________________                                    

                  TABLE K                                                          ______________________________________                                         (CoAPSO-44)                                                                    2θ     d (Å) Relative Intensity                                      ______________________________________                                         9.3-9.5      9.51-9.31 vs                                                      16.0-16.3    5.54-5.44 w-m                                                     20.5-20.8    4.33-4.27 m                                                       24.3-25.1     3.66-3.548                                                                              w-m                                                     25.8-26.2    3.453-3.401                                                                              w-m                                                     30.7-31.1    2.912-2.876                                                                              vw-m                                                    ______________________________________                                    

                  TABLE L                                                          ______________________________________                                         (CoAPSO-46)                                                                    2θ     d (Å) Relative Intensity                                      ______________________________________                                         6.5-6.7      13.60-13.19                                                                              w                                                       7.2-7.4      12.28-11.95                                                                              w                                                       7.6-7.8      11.63-11.33                                                                              vs                                                      21.6-21.7    4.11-4.10 w                                                       27.8-27.9    3.209-3.198                                                                              w                                                       ______________________________________                                    

                  TABLE M                                                          ______________________________________                                         (CoAPSO-47)                                                                    2θ     d (Å) Relative Intensity                                      ______________________________________                                         9.4-9.6      9.41-9.21 vs                                                      12.8-13.1    6.92-6.76 w-m                                                     16.0-16.3    5.54-5.44 w-m                                                     20.6-21.0    4.31-4.23 m-vs                                                    25.5-25.9    3.493-3.440                                                                              w-m                                                     30.6-31.1    2.921-2.876                                                                              w-m                                                     ______________________________________                                    

PREPARATIVE REAGENTS

In the following examples the CoAPSO compositions were prepared using numerous reagents. The reagents employed and abbreviations employed herein, if any, for such reagents are as follows:

(a) Alipro: aluminum isopropoxide;

(b) CATAPAL: Trademark of Condea Corporation for pseudoboehmite;

(c) LUDOX-LS: Trademark of DuPont for an aqueous solution of 30 weight percent SiO₂ and 0.1 weight percent Na₂ O;

(d) Co(Ac)₂ : cobalt acetate Co(C₂ H₃ O₂)₂. 4H₂ O;

(e) CoSO₄ : cobalt sulfate (CoSO₄.7H₂ O);

(f) H₃ PO₄ : 85 weight percent phosphoric acid in water;

(g) TBAOH: tetrabutylammonium hydroxide (25 wt % in methanol);

(h) Pr₂ NH: di-n-propylamine, C₃ H₇)₂ NH;

(i) Pr₃ N: tri-n-propylamine, (C₃ H₇)₃ N;

(j) Quin: Quinuclidine (C₇ H₁₃ N);

(k) MQuin: Methyl Quinuclidine hydroxide, (C₇ H₁₃ NCH₃ OH);

(l) C-hex: cyclohexylamine;

(m) TEAOH: tetraethylammonium hydroxide (40 wt. % in water);

(n) DEEA: diethanolamine;

(o) TPAOH: tetrapropylammonium hydroxide (40 wt.% in water); and

(p) TMAOH: tetramethylammonium hydroxide (40 wt.% in water)

PREPARATIVE PROCEDURE

The CoAPSO compositions were prepared by preparing reaction mixtures having a molar composition expressed as:

    eR:fCoO:hAl.sub.2 O.sub.3 :iP.sub.2 O.sub.5 :gSiO.sub.2 :jH.sub.2 O

wherein e, f, h, i, g and j represent the moles of template R, cobalt (expressed as the oxide), Al₂ O₃, P₂ O₅ (H₃ PO₄ expressed as P₂ O₅), SiO₂ and H₂ O, respectively. The values for e, f, h, i, g and j were as set forth in the hereinafter discussed preparative examples.

The reaction mixtures were prepared by forming a starting reaction mixture comprising the H₃ PO₄ and one half of the water. This mixture was stirred and the aluminum source (Alipro or CATAPAL) added. The resulting mixture was blended until a homogeneous mixture was observed. The LUDOX-LS was then added to the resulting mixture and the new mixture blended until a homogeneous mixture was observed. The cobalt source (Co(Ac)₂, Co(SO₄) or mixtures thereof) was dissolved in the remaining water and combined with the first mixture. The combined mixture was blended until a homogenous mixture was observed. The organic templating agent was added to this mixture and blended for about two to four minutes until a homogenous mixture was observed. The resulting mixture (final reaction mixture) was placed in a lined (polytetrafluoroethylene) stainless steel pressure vessel and digested at a temperature (150° C., 200° C. or 225° C.) for a time. Alternatively, if the digestion temperature was 100° C. the final reaction mixture was placed in a lined (polytetrafluoroethylene) screw top bottle for a time. All digestions were carried out at the autogenous pressure. The products were removed from the reaction vessel cooled and evaluated as set forth hereinafter.

The following examples are provided to further illustrate the invention and are not intended to be limiting thereof:

EXAMPLES 1 TO 31

CoAPSO molecular sieves were prepared according to the above described procedure and the CoAPSO products determined by x-ray analysis. The results of examples 1 to 31 are set forth in Tables I and II. Tables I and II also contain exmaples A to E wherein X-ray analysis of the reaction mixture product did not show CoAPSO products.

In the Tables I and II, the reaction mixtures are described as the ratio of molar oxides:

    eR:fCoO:0.9Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 :0.9P.sub.2 O.sub.5 :gSiO.sub.2 :50H.sub.2 O

where "e", "R", "f" and "g" are as above defined. Examples were prepared using this reaction mixture unless otherwise noted in Tables I to II. The values for "e", "f" and "g" are given in Tables I and II.

                                      TABLE I                                      __________________________________________________________________________     Example                                                                             Template                                                                            e f g Temp (°C.)                                                                    Time (days)                                                                           CoAPSO Product(s).sup.1                           __________________________________________________________________________     1    Quin 1 0.2                                                                              0.2                                                                              150   4      CoAPSO-16; CoAPSO-35                              2    Quin 1 0.2                                                                              0.2                                                                              150   10     CoAPSO-16; CoAPSO-35                              3    Quin 1 0.2                                                                              0.2                                                                              200   4      CoAPSO-16; CoAPSO-35                              4    Quin 1 0.2                                                                              0.2                                                                              200   10     CoAPSO-16; CoAPSO-35                              5    Quin 1 0.2                                                                              0.2                                                                              100   4      CoAPSO-35; CoAPSO-16                              6    Quin 1 0.2                                                                              0.2                                                                              100   10     CoAPSO-16; CoAPSO-35                              7    MQuin                                                                               1 0.2                                                                              0.2                                                                              150   2      CoAPSO-35; CoAPSO-17                              8    MQuin                                                                               1 0.2                                                                              0.2                                                                              150   7      CoAPSO-35                                         9    MQuin                                                                               1 0.2                                                                              0.2                                                                              200   2      CoAPSO-35                                         10   MQuin                                                                               1 0.2                                                                              0.2                                                                              200   7      CoAPSO-35                                         11.sup.2,3                                                                          TBAOH                                                                               2 0.4                                                                              0.4                                                                              200   4      CoAPSO-36; CoAPSO-5                               12.sup.2,3                                                                          TBAOH                                                                               2 0.4                                                                              0.4                                                                              200   10     CoAPSO-36; CoAPSO-5                               __________________________________________________________________________      .sup.1 Major species as identified by xray powder diffraction pattern of       product, except that when two or more species were identified the species      are listed in the order of their predominance in the product.                  .sup.2 The molar amount of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 was 0.8 instead of 0.9.            .sup. 3 Seed crystals of CoAPO36 were employed in this example, as             disclosed in U.S. Ser. No. 514,334, filed July 15, 1983.                 

                                      TABLE II                                     __________________________________________________________________________     Example                                                                             Template                                                                            e f g Temp (°C.)                                                                    Time (days)                                                                           CoAPSO Product(s).sup.1                           __________________________________________________________________________     13   C-hex                                                                               1.0                                                                              0.2                                                                              0.6                                                                              150   4      CoAPSO-44; CoAPSO-5                                                            CoAPSO-13                                         14   C-hex                                                                               1.0                                                                              0.2                                                                              0.6                                                                              150   10     CoAPSO-44; CoAPSO-5                                                            CoAPSO-13                                         15   C-hex                                                                               1.0                                                                              0.2                                                                              0.6                                                                              200   4      CoAPSO-44                                         16   C-hex                                                                               2.0                                                                              0.2                                                                              0.6                                                                              150   4      CoAPSO-44; CoAPSO-13                              17   C-hex                                                                               2.0                                                                              0.2                                                                              0.6                                                                              150   10     CoAPSO-44; CoAPSO-13                              18   C-hex                                                                               2.0                                                                              0.2                                                                              0.6                                                                              200   4      CoAPSO-44                                         19   C-hex                                                                               2.0                                                                              0.2                                                                              0.6                                                                              200   10     CoAPSO-44                                         20   Pr.sub.3 N                                                                          1.0                                                                              0.2                                                                              0.2                                                                              150   4      CoAPSO-5                                          21   Pr.sub.3 N                                                                          1.0                                                                              0.2                                                                              0.2                                                                              150   11     CoAPSO-5                                          22   Pr.sub.3 N                                                                          1.0                                                                              0.2                                                                              0.2                                                                              200   4      CoAPSO-5                                          23   Pr.sub.3 N                                                                          1.0                                                                              0.2                                                                              0.2                                                                              200   11     CoAPSO-5                                          24   Pr.sub.3 N                                                                          1.0                                                                              0.2                                                                              0.2                                                                              150   2      CoAPSO-5                                          25   Pr.sub.3 N                                                                          1.0                                                                              0.2                                                                              0.2                                                                              150   15     CoAPSO-5                                          26   Pr.sub.3 N                                                                          1.0                                                                              0.2                                                                              0.2                                                                              200   2      CoAPSO-5                                          27   Pr.sub.3 N                                                                          1.0                                                                              0.2                                                                              0.2                                                                              200   15     CoAPSO-5                                          28   Pr.sub.3 N                                                                          1.0                                                                              0.2                                                                              0.2                                                                              150   21     CoAPSO-5                                          29   Pr.sub.3 N                                                                          1.5                                                                              0.2                                                                              0.2                                                                              150   3      CoAPSO-5; CoAPSO-36                               30   Pr.sub.3 N                                                                          1.5                                                                              0.2                                                                              0.2                                                                              150   10     CoAPSO-5; CoAPSO-36                               31   Pr.sub.3 N                                                                          1.5                                                                              0.2                                                                              0.2                                                                              200   3      CoAPSO-5; CoAPSO-36                               A*   TBAOH                                                                               2.0                                                                              0.4                                                                              0.4                                                                              150   4      --                                                B*   TBAOH                                                                               2.0                                                                              0.4                                                                              0.4                                                                              150   10     --                                                C    Pr.sub.3 N                                                                          1.0                                                                              0.2                                                                              0.2                                                                              100   4      --                                                D    Pr.sub.3 N                                                                          1.0                                                                              0.2                                                                              0.2                                                                              100   11     --                                                E    Pr.sub.3 N                                                                          1.0                                                                              0.2                                                                              0.2                                                                              200   21     --                                                __________________________________________________________________________      .sup.1 Major species as identified by xray powder diffraction pattern of       product, except that when two or more species were identified the species      are listed in the order of their predominance in the product. A "--"           indicates that Xray analysis failed to show CoAPSO products.                   *The molar amount of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 was 0.8 instead of 0.9.            

EXAMPLES 32 TO 61

Examples 32 to 61 were carried out using di-n-propylamine as the organic templating agent. The preparative procedure was as above described except that in examples 39-45 and 53 to 61 the preparative procedure was modified such that the cobalt acetate was added to the phosphoric acid and water, followed by addition of the aluminum source, silicon source and then the organic templating agent. The aluminum source in examples 32 to 45, 60 and 61 was aluminum isoproxide and in examples 46 to 59 the aluminum source was CATAPAL. The reaction mixtures for examples 32 to 61 are described in terms of the molar oxide ratios:

    ePr.sub.2 NH:0.2CoO:0.9Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 :0.9P.sub.2 O.sub.5 ;0.2SiO.sub.2 :50H.sub.2 O

where "e" is the moles of template Pr₂ NH and where "e" was one (1) for examples 32 to 35, 42 to 45, 49 to 52, 56 to 61 and "e" was two (2) for examples 36 to 41, 46 to 48, 53 to 55. Examples F, G, H and I are reaction mixtures where X-ray analysis of the reaction products did not show CoAPSO products. Examples 32 to 61 and F, G, H and I are set forth in Table III.

                  TABLE III                                                        ______________________________________                                         Ex-   Temp    Time                                                             ample (°C.)                                                                           (days)  CoAPSO Product(s).sup.1                                  ______________________________________                                         32    150     4       CoAPSO-11; CoAPSO-39                                     33    150     11      CoAPSO-11; CoAPSO-46; CoAPSO-39                          34    200     4       CoAPSO-11; CoAPSO-39; CoAPSO-46                          35    200     11      CoAPSO-11; CoAPSO-39; CoAPSO-5                           36    150     10      CoAPSO-46                                                37    200     4       CoAPSO-11; CoAPSO-5; CoAPSO-39                           38    200     10      CoAPSO-11; CoAPSO-5                                      39    150     10      CoAPSO-46                                                40    200     4       CoAPSO-11; CoAPSO-5; CaAPSO-39;                                                CoAPSO-46                                                41    200     10      CoAPSO-11; CoAPSO-5; CoAPSO-39;                                                CoAPSO-46                                                42    150     4       CoAPSO-11                                                43    150     11      CoAPSO-11; CoAPSO-46                                     44    200     4       CoAPSO-11; CoAPSO-39                                     45    200     11      CoAPSO-11; CoAPSO-39                                     46    150     4       CoAPSO-46                                                47    150     10      CoAPSO-46; CoAPSO-11                                     48    200     4       CoAPSO-46; CoAPSO-11                                     49    150     10      CoAPSO-11                                                50    150     4       CoAPSO-11                                                51    200     10      CoAPSO-11                                                52    200     4       CoAPSO-11                                                53    150     10      CoAPSO-11; CoAPSO-46                                     54    200     4       CoAPSO-46; CoAPSO-11; CoAPSO-20                          55    200     10      CoAPSO-46; CoAPSO-11; CoAPSO-20                          56    150     4       CoAPSO-11                                                57    150     10      CoAPSO-11                                                58    200     4       CoAPSO-11                                                59    200     10      CoAPSO-11                                                60    150     4       CoAPSO-11                                                61    150     4       CoAPSO-11                                                F     100     4       --                                                       G     100     11      --                                                       H     150     4       --                                                       I     150     4       --                                                       ______________________________________                                          .sup.1 Major species as identified by xray powder diffraction pattern of       product, except that when two or more species were identified the species      are listed in the order of their predominance in the product. A "--"           indicates that Xray analysis failed to show CoAPSO products.             

EXAMPLES 62 TO 83

Examples 62 to 83 were carried out according to the preparative procedure employed in examples 1 to 31 except that the organic templating agent was a TEACH (tetraethylammonium hydroxide). The reaction mixtures for examples 62 to 83 were:

    1.0TEAOH:fCoO:0.9Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 :0.9P.sub.2 O.sub.5 :gSiO.sub.2 :50H.sub.2 O

wherein "f" was 0.2 except that "f" was 0.1 for examples 78 to 79 and was 0.05 for examples 80 to 83; and g was 0.2 for examples 62 to 70 and was 0.6 for examples 71 to 83. The reactive cobalt source was cobalt (II) sulfate for examples 62 to 70 and cobalt (II) acetate for examples 71 to 83.

The resutls of examples 62 to 83 are set forth in Table IV.

                  TABLE IV                                                         ______________________________________                                         Example                                                                               Temp (°C.)                                                                         Time (days)                                                                               CoAPSO Product(s).sup.1                           ______________________________________                                         62     150        4          CoAPSO-34; CoAPSO-5                               63     150        12         CoAPSO-34; CoAPSO-5                               64     150        12         CoAPSO-34                                         65     200        4          CoAPSO-34; CoAPSO-5                               66     200        12         CoAPSO-5; CoAPSO-34                               67     200        12         CoAPSO-34                                         68     100        4          CoAPSO-34                                         69     100        12         CoAPSO-34                                         70     100        12         CoAPSO-34                                         71     100        2          CoAPSO-34                                         72     100        7          CoAPSO-34                                         73     150        2          CoAPSO-34; CoAPSO-5                               74     150        13         CoAPSO-34; CoAPSO-5                               75     200        2          CoAPSO-5; CoAPSO-34                               76     200        7          CoAPSO-5; CoAPSO-34                               77     100        14         CoAPSO-34                                         78     100        14         CoAPSO-34                                         79     100        28         CoAPSO-34                                         80     100        10         CoAPSO-34                                         81     100        20         CoAPSO-34                                         82     100        2          CoAPSO-34                                         83     100        4          CoAPSO-34                                         ______________________________________                                          .sup.1 Major species as identified by xray powder diffraction pattern of       product, except that when two or more species were identified the species      are listed in the order of their predominance in the product.            

EXAMPLES 84 TO 106

Examples 84 to 106 were carried out according to the preparative procedure employed in examples 1 to 31 except the organic template was as is shown in Table V. The reaction mixture was:

    eR:fCoO:0.9Al.sub.2 O.sub.5 0.9P.sub.2 O.sub.5 :0.6SiO.sub.2 :50H.sub.2 O

where "e" was one (1) except that "e" was 1.5 for examples 94 to 97 and "e" was 2.0 for Example 104. The results of examples 84 to 106 are set forth in Table V.

                                      TABLE V                                      __________________________________________________________________________     Example                                                                             Template                                                                            e f   Temp (°C.)                                                                    Time (days)                                                                           CoAPSO Product(s).sup.1                           __________________________________________________________________________     84   TEAOH                                                                               1.0                                                                               0.025                                                                             125   3      CoAPSO-34; CoAPSO-18;                             85   TEAOH                                                                               1.0                                                                               0.025                                                                             125   5      CoAPSO-34; CoAPSO-5;                              86   TEAOH                                                                               1.0                                                                               0.025                                                                             100   5      CoAPSO-34; CoAPSO-5;                              87   TEAOH                                                                               1.0                                                                               0.025                                                                             100   5      CoAPSO-34;                                        88   TEAOH                                                                               1.0                                                                               0.025                                                                             100   3      CoAPSO-34;                                        89   TEAOH                                                                               1.0                                                                               0.025                                                                             100   5      CoAPSO-34;                                        90   TEAOH                                                                               1.0                                                                               0.025                                                                             100   7      CoAPSO-34;                                        91   Quin 1.0                                                                              0.2 225   5      CoAPSO-35; CoAPSO-l6                              92   C-hex                                                                               1.0                                                                              0.2 225   5      CoAPSO-5; CoAPSO-44                               93.sup.2                                                                            Pr.sub.3 N                                                                          1.5                                                                              0.2 150   2      CoAPSO-36;                                        94.sup.2                                                                            Pr.sub.3 N                                                                          1.5                                                                              0.2 150   7      CoAPSO-36;                                        95.sup.2                                                                            Pr.sub.3 N                                                                          1.5                                                                              0.2 200   2      CoAPSO-36; CoAPSO-5                               96.sup.2                                                                            Pr.sub.3 N                                                                          1.5                                                                              0.2 200   7      CoAPSO-36; CoAPSO-5                               97.sup.3                                                                            Pr.sub.2 NH                                                                         1.0                                                                              0.2 150   4      CoAPSO-31; CoAPSO-11                              98.sup.3                                                                            Pr.sub.2 NH                                                                         1.0                                                                              0.2 150   10     CoAPSO-46; CoAPSO-31                              99.sup.3                                                                            Pr.sub.2 NH                                                                         1.0                                                                              0.2 200   4      CoAPSO-31; CoAPSO-11                              100.sup.3                                                                           Pr.sub.2 NH                                                                         1.0                                                                              0.2 200   10     CoAPSO-31; CoAPSO-11;                                                          CoAPSO-5; CoAPSO-46                               101.sup. 3                                                                          Pr.sub.2 NH                                                                         1.0                                                                              0.2 150   2      CoAPSO-31                                         102.sup.3                                                                           Pr.sub.2 NH                                                                         1.0                                                                              0.2 150   3      CoAPSO-31                                         103.sup.3                                                                           Pr.sub.2 NH                                                                         1.0                                                                              0.2 200   2      CoAPSO-31; CoAPSO-46                              104  DEEA 2.0                                                                              0.2 150   2      CoAPSO-47                                         105  TMAOH                                                                               1.0                                                                              0.2 150   4      CoAPSO-20                                         106  TMAOH                                                                               1.0                                                                              0.2 200   4      CoAPSO-20                                         __________________________________________________________________________      .sup.1 Major species as identified by xray powder diffraction pattern of       product, except that when two or more species were identified the species      are listed in the order of their predominance in the product.                  .sup.2 Seed crystals of CoAPO36 were employed, as disclosed in U.S. Ser.       No. 514,334, filed July 15, 1983.                                              .sup.3 Seed crystals of AlPO.sub.431 (U.S. Pat. No. 4,310,440) were            employed.                                                                

EXAMPLE 107

Samples of the products were subjected to chemical analysis. The chemical analysis for each product is given hereinafter with the example in which the CoAPSO was prepared being given in parenthesis after the designation of the CoAPSO species.

(a) The chemical analysis for CoAPSO-11 (example 35) was:

    ______________________________________                                         Component     Weight Percent                                                   ______________________________________                                         Al.sub.2 O.sub.3                                                                             31.1                                                             P.sub.2 O.sub.5                                                                              46.1                                                             CoO           6.4                                                              SiO.sub.2     3.5                                                              Carbon        5.2                                                              LOI*          11.7                                                             ______________________________________                                          *LOI = Loss on Ignition                                                  

The above chemical analysis gives an overall product composition in molar oxide ratios (anhydrous basis) of: 0.085CoO; 0.305Al₂ O₃ :0.325P₂ O₅ :0.058SiO₂ ; and a formula (anhydrous basis) of:

    0.07R(Co.sub.0.06 Al.sub.0.47 P.sub.0.46 Si.sub.0.04)O.sub.2

(b) The chemical analysis for CoAPSO-11 (example 42) was:

    ______________________________________                                         Component     Weight Percent                                                   ______________________________________                                         Al.sub.2 O.sub.3                                                                             32.5                                                             P.sub.2 O.sub.5                                                                              44.7                                                             CoO           4.4                                                              SiO.sub.2     1.4                                                              Carbon        3.9                                                              LOI*          15.7                                                             ______________________________________                                          *LOI = Loss on Ignition                                                  

The above chemical analysis gives an overall product composition in molar oxide ratios (anhydrous basis) of: 0.059CoO; 0.319Al₂ O₃ :0.315P₂ O₅ :0.023SiO₂ ; and a formula (anhydrous basis) of:

    0.05R(Co.sub.0.04 Al.sub.0.47 P.sub.0.47 Si.sub.0.02)O.sub.2

(c) The chemical analysis for CoAPSO-20 (example 106) was:

    ______________________________________                                         Component     Weight Percent                                                   ______________________________________                                         Al.sub.2 O.sub.3                                                                             27.7                                                             P.sub.2 O.sub.5                                                                              37.8                                                             CoO           4.6                                                              SiO.sub.2     10.0                                                             Carbon        9.4                                                              LOI*          18.4                                                             ______________________________________                                          *LOI = Loss on Ignition                                                  

The above chemical analysis gives an overall product composition in molar oxide ratios (anhydrous basis) of: 0.061CoO; 0.272Al₂ O₃ :0.266P₂ O₅ :0.166SiO₂ ; and a formula (anhydrous basis) of:

    0.20R(Co.sub.0.05 Al.sub.0.42 P.sub.0.41 Si.sub.0.13)O.sub.2

(d) The chemical analysis of CoAPSO-31 (example 101) was:

    ______________________________________                                         Component     Weight Percent                                                   ______________________________________                                         Al.sub.2 O.sub.3                                                                             32.3                                                             P.sub.2 O.sub.5                                                                              42.4                                                             CoO           4.3                                                              SiO.sub.2     3.8                                                              Carbon        2.8                                                              LOI           16.6                                                             ______________________________________                                          *LOI = Loss on Ignition                                                  

The above chemical analysis gives an overall product composition in molar oxide ratios (anhydrous basis) of: 0.057CoO; 0.317Al₂ O₃ :0.299P₂ O₅ :0.063SiO₂ ; and a formula (anhydrous basis) of:

    0.04R(Co.sub.0.04 Al.sub.0.47 P.sub.0.44 Si.sub.0.05)O.sub.2

(e) The chemical analysis for CoAPSO-34 (example 69) was:

    ______________________________________                                         Component     Weight Percent                                                   ______________________________________                                         Al.sub.2 O.sub.3                                                                             28.2                                                             P.sub.2 O.sub.5                                                                              41.7                                                             CoO           4.7                                                              SiO.sub.2     1.1                                                              Carbon        5.9                                                              LOI*          23.6                                                             ______________________________________                                          *LOI = Loss on Ignition                                                  

The above chemical analysis gives an overall product composition in molar oxide ratios (anhydrous basis) of: 0.063CoO; 0.277Al₂ O₃ :0.294P₂ O₅ :0.018SiO₂ ; and a formula (anhydrous basis) of:

    0.06R(Co.sub.0.05 Al.sub.0.45 P.sub.0.48 Si.sub.0.02)O.sub.2

(f) The chemical analysis of CoAPSO-34 (example 72) was:

    ______________________________________                                         Component     Weight Percent                                                   ______________________________________                                         Al.sub.2 O.sub.3                                                                             28.4                                                             P.sub.2 O.sub.5                                                                              40.6                                                             CoO           4.6                                                              SiO.sub.2     2.2                                                              Carbon        7.8                                                              LOI*          23.3                                                             ______________________________________                                          *LOI = Loss on Ignition                                                  

The above chemical analysis gives an overall product composition in molar oxide ratios of: 0.061CoO; 0.279Al₂ O₃ :0.282P₂ O₅ :0.037SiO₂ ; and a formula (anhydrous basis) of:

    0.08R(Co.sub.0.05 Al.sub.0.46 P.sub.0.46 Si.sub.0.03)O.sub.2

(g) The chemical analysis for CoAPSO-34 (example 79) was:

    ______________________________________                                         Component     Weight Percent                                                   ______________________________________                                         Al.sub.2 O.sub.3                                                                             31.7                                                             P.sub.2 O.sub.5                                                                              40.5                                                             CoO           2.5                                                              SiO.sub.2     3.4                                                              Carbon        8.4                                                              LOI*          20.8                                                             ______________________________________                                          *LOI = Loss on Ignition                                                  

The above chemical analysis gives an overall product composition in molar oxide ratios of: 0.033CoO:0.311Al₂ O₃ :0.285P₂ O₅ :0.057S.iO₂ ; and a formula (anhydrous basis) of:

    0.09R(Co.sub.0.03 Al.sub.0.49 P.sub.0.45 Si.sub.0.05)O.sub.2

(h) The chemical analysis of CoAPSO-34 (example 81) was:

    ______________________________________                                         Component     Weight Percent                                                   ______________________________________                                         Al.sub.2 O.sub.3                                                                             32.0                                                             P.sub.2 O.sub.5                                                                              39.6                                                             CoO           1.2                                                              SiO.sub.2     2.7                                                              Carbon        6.4                                                              LOI*          22.8                                                             ______________________________________                                          *LOI = Loss on Ignition                                                  

The above chemical analysis gives an overall product composition in most molar oxide ratios of: 0.016CoO; 0.314Al₂ O₃ :0.279P₂ O₅ :0.045SiO₂ ; and a formula (anhydrous basis) of:

    0.07R(Co.sub.0.01 Al.sub.0.50 P.sub.0.45 Si.sub.0.04)O.sub.2

(i) The chemical analysis of CoAPSO-34 (example 83) was:

    ______________________________________                                         Component     Weight Percent                                                   ______________________________________                                         Al.sub.2 O.sub.3                                                                             33.8                                                             P.sub.2 O.sub.5                                                                              40.6                                                             CoO           1.6                                                              SiO.sub.2     2.1                                                              Carbon        6.6                                                              LOI*          21.7                                                             ______________________________________                                          *LOI = Loss on Ignition                                                  

The above chemical analysis gives an overall product composition in molar oxide ratios (anhydrous basis) of:

    0.21CoO:0.332Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 :0.286P.sub.2 O.sub.5 :0.035SiO.sub.2 ;

and a formula (anhydrous basis) of:

    0.07R(Co.sub.0.02 Al.sub.0.53 P.sub.0.46 Si.sub.0.03)O.sub.2

(j) The chemical analysis of CoAPSO-34 (example 77) was:

    ______________________________________                                         Component     Weight Percent                                                   ______________________________________                                         Al.sub.2 O.sub.3                                                                             30.1                                                             P.sub.2 O.sub.5                                                                              41.7                                                             CoO           4.8                                                              SiO.sub.2     2.6                                                              Carbon        9.0                                                              LOI*          19.5                                                             ______________________________________                                          *LOI = Loss on Igntion                                                   

The above chemical analysis gives an overall product composition in molar oxide ratios (anhydrous basis) of: 0.064CoO; 0.295Al₂ O₃ :0.294P₂ O₅ :0.043SiO₂ ; and a formula (anhydrous basis) of:

    0.09R(Co.sub.0.05 Al.sub.0.46 P.sub.0.46 Si.sub.0.03)O.sub.2

(k) The chemical analysis of CoAPSO-34 (example 89) was:

    ______________________________________                                         Component    Weight Percent                                                    ______________________________________                                         Al.sub.2 O.sub.3                                                                            31.8                                                              P.sub.2 O.sub.5                                                                             38.8                                                              CoO          0.71                                                              SiO.sub.2    2.2                                                               Carbon       6.6                                                               LOI*         24.1                                                              ______________________________________                                          *LOI = Loss on Ignition                                                  

The above chemical analysis gives an overall product composition in molar oxide ratios (anhydrous basis) of: 0.01CoO; 0.312Al₂ O₃ :0.273P₂ O₅ :0.037SiO₂ ; and a formula (anhydrous basis) of:

    0.07R(Co.sub.0.01 Al.sub.0.51 P.sub.0.45 Si.sub.0.03)O.sub.2

where the value for cobalt is rounded off from 0.008.

(1) The chemical analysis of CoAPSO-34 (example 90) was:

    ______________________________________                                         Component    Weight Percent                                                    ______________________________________                                         Al.sub.2 O.sub.3                                                                            32.4                                                              P.sub.2 O.sub.5                                                                             39.3                                                              CoO          0.66                                                              SiO.sub.2    3.5                                                               Carbon       7.2                                                               LOI*         23.5                                                              ______________________________________                                          *LOI = Loss on Ignition                                                  

The above chemical analysis gives an overall product composition in molar oxide ratios (anhydrous basis) of: 0.009CoO; 0.318Al₂ O₃ :0.277P₂ O₅ :0.058SiO₂ ; and a formula (anhydrous basis) of:

    0.08R(Co.sub.0.01 Al.sub.0.51 P.sub.0.44 Si.sub.0.05)O.sub.2

where the value for cobalt is rounded off from 0.007.

(m) The chemical analysis of CoAPSO-35 (example 10) was:

    ______________________________________                                         Component    Weight Percent                                                    ______________________________________                                         Al.sub.2 O.sub.3                                                                            27.0                                                              P.sub.2 O.sub.5                                                                             41.6                                                              CoO          4.3                                                               SiO.sub.2    4.3                                                               Carbon       13.0                                                              LOI*         22.1                                                              ______________________________________                                          *LOI = Loss on Ignition                                                  

The above chemical analysis gives an overall product composition in molar oxide ratios (anhydrous basis) of: 0.057CoO; 0.265Al₂ O₃ :0.290P₂ O₅ :0.054SiO₂ ; and a formula (anhydrous basis) of:

    0.14R(Co.sub.0.05 Al.sub.0.43 P.sub.0.48 Si.sub.0.04)O.sub.2

(n) The chemical analysis of CoAPSO-36 (example 93) was:

    ______________________________________                                         Component    Weight Percent                                                    ______________________________________                                         Al.sub.2 O.sub.3                                                                            29.5                                                              P.sub.2 O.sub.5                                                                             39.6                                                              CoO          5.2                                                               SiO.sub.2    6.6                                                               Carbon       3.3                                                               LOI*         18.5                                                              ______________________________________                                          *LOI = Loss on Ignition                                                  

The above chemical analysis gives an overall product composition in molar oxide ratios (anhydrous basis) of: 0.069CoO; 0.289Al₂ O₃ :0.279P₂ O₅ :0.110SiO₂ ; and a formula (anhydrous basis) of:

    0.03R(Co.sub.0.05 Al.sub.0.44 P.sub.0.42 Si.sub.0.08)O.sub.2

(o) The chemical analysis of CoAPSO-44 (example 19) was:

    ______________________________________                                         Component    Weight Percent                                                    ______________________________________                                         Al.sub.2 O.sub.3                                                                            26.3                                                              P.sub.2 O.sub.5                                                                             36.3                                                              CoO          4.5                                                               SiO.sub.2    10.0                                                              Carbon       13.2                                                              LOI*         22.6                                                              ______________________________________                                          *LOI = Loss on Ignition                                                  

The above chemical analysis gives an overall product composition in molar oxide ratios (anhydrous basis) of: 0.06CoO; 0.258Al₂ O₃ :0.256P₂ O₅ :0.166SiO₂ ; and a formula (anhydrous basis) of:

    0.18R(Co.sub.0.05 Al.sub.0.41 P.sub.0.41 Si.sub.0.13)O.sub.2

(p) The chemical analysis of CoAPSO-46 (example 36) was:

    ______________________________________                                         Component    Weight Percent                                                    ______________________________________                                         Al.sub.2 O.sub.3                                                                            31.4                                                              P.sub.2 O.sub.5                                                                             31.5                                                              CoO          6.2                                                               SiO.sub.2    2.9                                                               Carbon       4.2                                                               LOI*         27.5                                                              ______________________________________                                          *LOI = Loss on Ignition                                                  

The above chemical analysis gives an overall product composition in molar oxide ratios (anhydrous basis) of: 0.08CoO; 0.31Al₂ O₃ :0.22P₂ O₅ :0.05SiO₂ ; and a formula (anhydrous basis) of:

    0.06R(Co.sub.0.07 Al.sub.0.52 P.sub.0.37 Si.sub.0.04)O.sub.2

(q) The chemical analysis of CoAPSO-47 (example 104) was:

    ______________________________________                                         Component    Weight Percent                                                    ______________________________________                                         Al.sub.2 O.sub.3                                                                            22.7                                                              P.sub.2 O.sub.5                                                                             39.8                                                              CoO          8.2                                                               SiO.sub.2    2.9                                                               Carbon       11.4                                                              LOI*         25.2                                                              ______________________________________                                          *LOI = Loss on Ignition                                                  

The above chemical analysis gives an overall product composition in molar oxide ratios of: 0.109CoO; 0.223Al₂ O₃ :0.280P₂ O₅ :0.048SiO₂ ; and a formula (anhydrous basis) of:

    0.16R(Co.sub.0.09 Al.sub.0.38 P.sub.0.48 Si.sub.0.04)O.sub.2

EXAMPLE 108

EDAX (energy dispersive analysis by x-ray) microprobe analysis in conjunction with SEM (scanning electron microscope) was carried out on clean crystals of CoAPSO products. Analysis of crystals having a morphology characteristic of the CoAPSO compositions noted hereinafter gave the following analysis based on relative peak heights:

    ______________________________________                                         (a) CoAPSO-11 (example 42):                                                           Average of Spot Probes                                                  ______________________________________                                         Co       1.0                                                                   Al       8.0                                                                   P        10.0                                                                  Si       1.0                                                                   ______________________________________                                    

    ______________________________________                                         (b) CoAPSO-20 (example 106):                                                          Average of Spot Probes                                                  ______________________________________                                         Co       0.5                                                                   Al       8.0                                                                   P        7.5                                                                   Si       3.4                                                                   ______________________________________                                    

    ______________________________________                                         (c) CoApSO-34 (example 69):                                                           Average of Spot Probes                                                  ______________________________________                                         Co       0.5                                                                   Al       8.0                                                                   P        10.0                                                                  Si       1.0                                                                   ______________________________________                                    

    ______________________________________                                         (d) CoAPSO-35 (example 10):                                                           Average of Spot Probes                                                  ______________________________________                                         Co       0.5                                                                   Al       9.0                                                                   P        7.5                                                                   Si       1.0                                                                   ______________________________________                                    

    ______________________________________                                         (e) CoAPSO-36 (example 95):                                                           Average of Spot Probes                                                  ______________________________________                                         Co       0.6                                                                   Al       9.1                                                                   P        9.4                                                                   Si       2.2                                                                   ______________________________________                                    

    ______________________________________                                         (f) CoAPSO-44 (example 16):                                                           Average of Spot Probes                                                  ______________________________________                                         Co       1.0                                                                   Al       8.0                                                                   P        8.0                                                                   Si       0.6                                                                   ______________________________________                                    

    ______________________________________                                         (g) CoAPSO-47 (example 104):                                                          Average of Spot Probes                                                  ______________________________________                                         Co       0.7                                                                   Al       8.4                                                                   P        9.2                                                                   Si       2.8                                                                   ______________________________________                                    

EXAMPLE 109

Samples of the CoAPSO products were tested for adsorption capacities. The CoAPSO products were evaluated in either the as-synthesized form or were calcined in air or nitrogen, to remove at least part of the organic templating agent, as hereinafter set forth. The absorption capacities of each calcined sample were measured using a standard McBain-Bakr gravimetric adsorption apparatus. The samples were activated in a vacuum at 350° C. prior to measurement. The McBain-Bakr data for the aforementioned calcined CoAPSO products were:

    ______________________________________                                         (a) CoAPSO-11 (example 61):                                                             Kinetic    Pressure Temp    Wt. %                                     Adsorbate                                                                               Diameter,Å                                                                            (Torr)   (°C.)                                                                           Adsorbed*                                 ______________________________________                                         O.sub.2  3.46       106      -183    6.9                                       O.sub.2  3.46       744      -183    12.1                                      isobutane                                                                               5.0        740      24.2    3.9                                       cyclo-hexane                                                                            6.0        82       23.9    13.5                                      neopentane                                                                              6.2        741      25.3    3.6                                       H.sub.2 O                                                                               2.65       4.6      24.9    7.1                                       H.sub.2 O                                                                               2.65       19       24.8    21.0                                      ______________________________________                                          *calcined in air at 600° C. for 1 hour prior to activation        

The above data demonstrate that the pore size of the calcined product is about 6.0 Å.

    ______________________________________                                         (b) CoAPSO-20 (example 106):                                                            Kinetic    Pressure Temp    Wt. %                                     Adsorbate                                                                               Diameter, Å                                                                           (Torr)   (°C.)                                                                           Adsorbed*                                 ______________________________________                                         O.sub.2  3.46       102      -183    5                                         O.sub.2  3.46       744      -183    6.4                                       H.sub.2 O                                                                               2.65       4.6      23.3    10                                        H.sub.2 O                                                                               2.65       19       23.2    14                                        ______________________________________                                          *calcined in air at 500° C. for one hour prior to activation.     

The above data demonstrate that the pore size of the calcined product is about 3.0 Å.

    ______________________________________                                         (c) CoAPS0-31 (example 102):                                                            Kinetic    Pressure Temp    Wt. %                                     Adsorbate                                                                               Diameter, Å                                                                           (Torr)   (°C.)                                                                           Adsorbed*                                 ______________________________________                                         O.sub.2  3.46       105      -183    6.9                                       O.sub.2  3.46       741      -183    12.8                                      neopentane                                                                              6.2        739      23.5    5.8                                       H.sub.2 O                                                                               2.65       4.6      23.5    5.8                                       H.sub.2 O                                                                               2.65       20       24.0    15.9                                      ______________________________________                                          *calcined in air at 500° C. for 1.5 hrs prior to activation.      

The above data demonstrate that the pore size of the calcined product is greater than about 6.2 Å.

    ______________________________________                                         (d) CoAPSO-34 (example 78):                                                             Kinetic    Pressure Temp    Wt. %                                     Adsorbate                                                                               Diameter, Å                                                                           (Torr)   (°C.)                                                                           Adsorbed*                                 ______________________________________                                         O.sub.2  3.46       103      -183    15.9                                      O.sub.2  3.46       731      -183    28.2                                      n-hexane 4.3        103      23.9    9.8                                       isobutane                                                                               5.0        741      23.3    1.8                                       H.sub.2 O                                                                               2.65       4.6      23.8    11.3                                      H.sub.2 O                                                                               2.65       18.5     24.0    28.9                                      ______________________________________                                          *calcined in nitrogen at 425° C. for 2 hrs prior to activation.   

The above data demonstrate that the pore size of the calcined product is about 4.3 Å.

    ______________________________________                                         (e) CoAPSO-34 (example 89):                                                             Kinetic    Pressure Temp    Wt. %                                     Adsorbate                                                                               Diameter, Å                                                                           (Torr)   (°C.)                                                                           Adsorbed*                                 ______________________________________                                         O.sub.2  3.46       105      -183    18.6                                      O.sub.2  3.46       741      -183    28.8                                      isobutane                                                                               5.0        108      23.9    9.9                                       n-hexane 4.3        742      23.3    1.2                                       H.sub.2 O                                                                               2.65       4.6      23.8    10.7                                      H.sub.2 O                                                                               2.65       20.0     24.0    30.1                                      ______________________________________                                          *calcined in air at 600° C. for one hour prior to activation.     

    ______________________________________                                         (f) CoAPSO-35 (example 8):                                                              Kinetic    Pressure Temp    Wt. %                                     Adsorbate                                                                               Diameter, Å                                                                           (Torr)   (°C.)                                                                           Adsorbed*                                 ______________________________________                                         O.sub.2  3.46       103      -183    11.7                                      O.sub.2  3.46       731      -183    15.5                                      iso-butane                                                                              5.0        741      24.5    0.6                                       n-hexane 4.3        103      24.4    3.5                                       H.sub.2 O                                                                               2.65       4.6      24.4    14.3                                      H.sub.2 O                                                                               2.65       18.5     23.9    22.7                                      ______________________________________                                          *calcined in nitrogen at 500° C. for 2.0 hours prior to activation                                                                               

The above data demonstrate that the pore size of the calcined product is about 4.3 Å.

    ______________________________________                                         (g) CoAPSO-44 (example 19):                                                             Kinetic    Pressure Temp    Wt. %                                     Adsorbate                                                                               Diameter, Å                                                                           (Torr)   (°C.)                                                                           Adsorbed*                                 ______________________________________                                         O.sub.2  3.46       103      -183    24.8                                      O.sub.2  3.46       731      -183    31.4                                      n-hexane 4.3        103      24.4    7.4                                       isobutane                                                                               5.0        741      24.5    0.3                                       H.sub.2 O                                                                               2.65       4.6      24.4    27.8                                      H.sub.2 O                                                                               2.65       18.5     23.9    35.1                                      ______________________________________                                          *calcined in air at 500° C. for 1.25 hrs. prior to activation.    

The above data demonstrate that the pore size of the calcined product is about 4.3 Å.

    ______________________________________                                         (h) CoAPSO-47 (example 104):                                                            Kinetic    Pressure Temp    Wt. %                                     Adsorbate                                                                               Diameter, Å                                                                           (Torr)   (°C.)                                                                           Adsorbed*                                 ______________________________________                                         O.sub.2  3.46       102      -183    4.1                                       O.sub.2  3.46       744      -183    4.9                                       isobutane                                                                               5.0        746      24.1    0.6                                       n-hexane 4.3        95       23.6    1.3                                       H.sub.2 O                                                                               2.65       4.6      23.3    9.6                                       H.sub.2 O                                                                               2.65       19       23.2    14.3                                      ______________________________________                                          *calcined in air at 500° C. for 1.5 hrs. prior to activation.     

The above data demonstrate that the pore size of the calcined product is about 4.3 Å.

EXAMPLE 110

(a) The as-synthesized CoAPSO-5 of example 76 was subjected to analysis by x-ray. The CoAPSO-5 product was characterized by the x-ray powder diffraction pattern of Table VII below:

                  TABLE VII                                                        ______________________________________                                         2θ       d,(Å)                                                                              100 × I/Io                                        ______________________________________                                         7.4            11.95   100                                                     9.6*           9.21    65                                                      12.9**         6.86    19                                                      14.1*          6.28    10                                                      14.9           5.95    26                                                      16.0*          5.54    32                                                      17.8*          4.98    13                                                      19.8           4.48    61                                                      20.5*          4.33    55                                                      21.1           4.21    74                                                      22.4**         3.97    94                                                      23.0*          3.87    10                                                      24.8           3.59    16                                                      25.2*          3.53    16                                                      26.0**         3.427   42                                                      27.4*          3.255   13                                                      28.2*          3.164   10                                                      29.1           3.069   19                                                      29.5*          3.028   10                                                      30.1           2.969   29                                                      30.6*          2.921   23                                                      31.1*          2.876   19                                                      33.7**         2.660   10                                                      34.5**         2.600   19                                                      37.0           2.430   7                                                       37.7           2.386   16                                                      41.5           2.176   7                                                       42.2           2.141   8                                                       43.7           2.071   7                                                       44.9**         2.019   7                                                       47.8**         1.903   10                                                      48.9*          1.863   10                                                      55.8           1.647   10                                                      ______________________________________                                          *peak resulting from CoAPSO34                                                  **peak resulting from CoAPSO34 and CoAPSO5                               

(b) CoAPSO-5, of example 21 was calcined in air at 600° for four hours. The calcined product was characterized by the x-ray powder diffraction pattern of Table VIII below:

                  TABLE VIII                                                       ______________________________________                                         2θ       d,(Å)                                                                              I/Io × 100                                        ______________________________________                                         7.4            11.95   100                                                     12.9           6.86    22                                                      14.8           5.99    13                                                      19.7           4.51    39                                                      20.3*          4.37    83                                                      21.0           4.23    74                                                      21.4*          4.15    99                                                      22.4           3.97    74                                                      22.9*          3.88    35                                                      24.4           3.65    13                                                      25.9           3.440   30                                                      27.1**         3.290   17                                                      28.1*          3.175   26                                                      29.0           3.079   26                                                      30.1           2.969   30                                                      33.7           2.660   13                                                      34.6           2.592   22                                                      35.6*          2.522   26                                                      37.0           2.430   13                                                      37.8           2.380   13                                                      42.8           2.113   13                                                      43.8           2.067   9                                                       47.8           1.903   9                                                       55.8           1.647   9                                                       ______________________________________                                          *peak from tridynite                                                           **impurity peak                                                          

(c) The species denominated herein as CoAPSO-5 has a three-dimensional microporous crystal framework structure of CoO₂, AlO₂, PO₂ and SiO₂ tetrahedral units and has an empirical chemical composition on an anhydrous basis expressed by the formula:

    mR:(Co.sub.w Al.sub.x P.sub.y Si.sub.z)O.sub.2

where "R" represents at least one organic templating agent present in the intracrystalline pore system; "m" represents the molar amount of "R" per mole of (Co_(w) Al_(x) P_(y) Si_(z))O₂ and has a value of from zero to about 0.3; "w", "x", "y" and "z" are the mole fractions as above defined with reference to FIG. 1 or FIG. 2; and having in the as-synthesized or calcined form a characteristic x-ray powder diffraction pattern which contains at least the d-spacings set forth in Table XI:

                  TABLE IX                                                         ______________________________________                                         2θ    d,(Å) Relative Intensity                                       ______________________________________                                         7.3-7.5     12.11-11.79                                                                              m-vs                                                     14.7-14.9   6.03-5.95 w-m                                                      19.6-19.8   4.53-4.48 w-m                                                      20.9-21.2   4.25-4.19 w-vs                                                     22.3-22.4   3.99-3.97 m-vs                                                     25.8-26.0   3.453-3.427                                                                              vw-m                                                     ______________________________________                                    

(d) The CoAPSO-5 compositions for which x-ray powder diffraction patterns have been obtained to data have patterns which are characterized by the x-ray pattern of Table X:

                  TABLE X                                                          ______________________________________                                         2θ      d,(Å) I/Io × 100                                       ______________________________________                                         7.3-7.5       12.11-11.79                                                                              32-100                                                 12.7-12.9     6.97-6.86 2-22                                                   14.7-14.9     6.03-5.95 10-26                                                  19.6-19.8     4.53-4.48 7-39                                                   20.9-21.2     4.25-4.19 19-100                                                 22.3-22.4     3.99-3.97 25-94                                                  24.4-24.8     3.65-3.59 2-16                                                   25.8-26.0     3.453-3.427                                                                              6-41                                                   29.0-29.1     3.079-3.069                                                                              3-26                                                   29.9-30.1     2.988-2.969                                                                              3-30                                                   33.5-33.7     2.667-2.660                                                                              2-13                                                   34.4-34.6     2.607-2.592                                                                              4-22                                                   36.8-37.0     2.442-2.430                                                                              2-13                                                   37.5-37.8     2.398-2.380                                                                              3-16                                                   41.4-41.5     2.181-2.176                                                                              1-7                                                    42.2-42.8     2.141-2.113                                                                              1-13                                                   43.7-43.8     2.071-2.067                                                                              0-9                                                    44.9-45.0     2.019-2.014                                                                              1-7                                                    47.5-47.8     1.914-1.903                                                                              3-10                                                   55.6-55.8     1.653-1.647                                                                              1-10                                                   ______________________________________                                    

EXAMPLE 111

(a) The as-synthesized CoAPSO-11 of example 42 was subjected to analysis by x-ray. The CoAPSO-11 product was characterized by the x-ray powder diffraction pattern of Table XI below:

                  TABLE XI                                                         ______________________________________                                         2θ      d,(Å)                                                                              100 × I/Io                                         ______________________________________                                         7.9           11.19   32                                                       9.3           9.51    72                                                       12.3*         7.20    16                                                       13.1          6.76    24                                                       15.6          5.68    32                                                       16.2          5.47    12                                                       18.2          4.87    16                                                       18.9          4.70    12                                                       20.3          4.37    40                                                       21.0          4.23    100                                                      22.1          4.02    56                                                       22.5          3.95    60                                                       22.7          3.92    72                                                       23.1          3.85    68                                                       24.6          3.62    20                                                       26.3          3.389   28                                                       28.2          3.164   16                                                       28.5          3.132   24                                                       29.4          3.038   20                                                       29.6          3.018   16                                                       29.9          2.988   16                                                       31.3          2.858   16                                                       32.6          2.747   24                                                       34.0          2.637   16                                                       36.3          2.475   12                                                       37.6          2.392   20                                                       39.3          2.292   12                                                       42.8          2.113   8                                                        44.8          2.023   8                                                        50.5          1.807   12                                                       54.4          1.687   12                                                       ______________________________________                                          *peak may contain impurity                                               

(b) CoAPSO-11, of example 42 was calcined in air at 600° for 1.5 hours. The calcined product was characterized by the x-ray diffraction powder diffraction pattern of Table XII below:

                  TABLE XII                                                        ______________________________________                                         2θ      d,(Å)                                                                              100 × I/Io                                         ______________________________________                                         8.1           10.92   70                                                       9.5           9.31    83                                                       13.1          6.76    26                                                       13.5          6.56    30                                                       15.8          5.61    56                                                       18.5*         4.80    17                                                       19.2          4.62    13                                                       20.2          4.40    sh                                                       20.3          4.37    35                                                       21.3          4.17    100                                                      22.3          3.99    61                                                       22.5          3.95    sh                                                       23.0          3.87    65                                                       23.4          3.80    52                                                       24.3          3.66    17                                                       25.1          3.548   17                                                       26.5          3.363   30                                                       26.6          3.351   sh                                                       28.2          3.164   13                                                       28.9          3.089   26                                                       29.5          3.028   17                                                       30.1          2.969   13                                                       30.5          2.931   17                                                       31.8          2.814   17                                                       32.9          2.722   22                                                       34.7          2.585   13                                                       36.2          2.481   13                                                       37.9          2.374   17                                                       38.3          2.350   17                                                       39.5          2.281    9                                                       ______________________________________                                          *peak may contain impurity                                               

(c) The species denominated herein as CoAPSO-11 has a three-dimensional microporous crystal framework structure of CoO₂, AlO₂, PO₂ and SiO₂ tetrahedral units and has an empirical chemical composition on an anhydrous basis expressed by the formula:

    mR:(Co.sub.w Al.sub.x P.sub.y Si.sub.z)O.sub.2

where "R" represents at least one organic templating agent present in the intracrystalline pore system; "m" represents the molar amount of "R" per mole of (Co_(w) Al_(x) P_(y) Si_(z))O₂ and has a value of from zero to about 0.3; "w", "x", "y" and "z" represent the mole fractions as above defined with reference to FIG. 1 or FIG. 2; and having in the as-synthesized or calcined form a characteristic x-ray powder diffraction pattern which contains at least the d-spacings set forth in Table XIII:

                  TABLE XIII                                                       ______________________________________                                         2θ    d,(Å) Relative Intensity                                       ______________________________________                                         7.9-8.1     11.19-10.92                                                                              m                                                        9.3-9.5     9.51-9.31 m-s                                                      21.0-21.3   4.23-4.17 vs                                                       22.1-22.3   4.02-3.99 m                                                        22.7-23.1   3.92-3.85 m                                                        23.2-23.4   3.83-3.80 m                                                        ______________________________________                                    

(d) The CoAPSO-11 compositions for which x-ray powder diffraction patterns have been obtained to date have patterns which are characterized by the x-ray pattern of Table XIV:

                  TABLE XIV                                                        ______________________________________                                         2θ      d,(Å) 100 × I/Io                                       ______________________________________                                         7.9-8.1       11.19-10.92                                                                              32-70                                                  9.3-9.5       9.51-9.31 72-83                                                   12.3*        7.20      16                                                     13.1-13.2     6.76-6.71 16-26                                                  13.5-13.6     6.56-6.51 30                                                     15.6-15.8     5.68-5.61 32-56                                                  16.2-16.3     5.47-5.44  8-12                                                  18.2-18.5     4.87-4.80 16-17                                                  18.9-19.2     4.70-4.62 12-13                                                  19.7-20.2     4.51-4.40 sh                                                     20.3          4.37      35-40                                                  21.0-21.3     4.23-4.17 100                                                    22.1-22.3     4.02-3.99 56-61                                                  22.4-22.6     3.97-3.93 sh-60                                                  22.7-23.1     3.92-3.85 65-72                                                  23.2-23.4     3.83-3.80 52-68                                                  24.3-24.6     3.66-3.62 17-20                                                  25.1          3.548     17                                                     26.3-26.5     3.389-3.363                                                                              28-30                                                  26.6          3.351     sh                                                     28.1-28.2     3.175-3.164                                                                              13-16                                                  28.5-28.9     3.132-3.089                                                                              24-26                                                  29.4-29.5     3.038-3.028                                                                              17-20                                                  29.6-30.5     3.018-2.931                                                                              13-17                                                  31.3-31.8     2.858-2.814                                                                              16-17                                                  32.6-32.9     2.747-2.722                                                                              22-24                                                  34.0-34.7     2.637-2.585                                                                              13-16                                                  36.2-36.3     2.481-2.475                                                                              12-13                                                  36.7-37.9     2.392-2.374                                                                              17-20                                                  38.3-38.4     2.350-2.344                                                                              17-18                                                  39.3-39.5     2.292-2.281                                                                               9-12                                                  42.8-42.9     2.113-2.108                                                                              8-9                                                    44.7-44.8     2.027-2.023                                                                              8-9                                                    50.5-50.6     1.807-1.804                                                                               9-12                                                  54.4-54.6     1.687-1.681                                                                               9-12                                                  ______________________________________                                          *peak may contain impurity                                               

EXAMPLE 112

(a) The as-synthesized CoAPSO-16 of example 4 was subjected to analysis by x-ray. The CoAPSO-16 product was characterized by the x-ray powder diffraction pattern of Table XV below:

                  TABLE XV                                                         ______________________________________                                         2θ       d,(Å)                                                                              100 × I/Io                                        ______________________________________                                         8.7*           10.16   17                                                      11.0*          8.04    40                                                      11.5           7.69    32                                                      13.0*          6.81    15                                                      15.9           5.57    13                                                      17.3*          5.13    55                                                      17.9*          4.96    13                                                      18.8           4.72    23                                                      20.8*          4.27    (sh)                                                    21.2*          4.19    40                                                      22.0**         4.04    100                                                     23.2**         3.83    21                                                      23.8*          3.74    11                                                      25.1*          3.548    9                                                      26.9**         3.314   23                                                      28.6*          3.121   26                                                      28.8*          3.100   26                                                      29.0           3.079   15                                                      29.6           3.018   11                                                      29.9           2.988   15                                                      32.2*          2.780   34                                                      32.8           2.730    9                                                      34.6**         2.592   13                                                      35.8*          2.508   11                                                      37.9           2.374    9                                                      40.1           2.249    9                                                      42.2*          2.141   11                                                      43.0*          2.103    9                                                      44.5           2.036    9                                                      48.6**         1.873   13                                                      49.6           1.838   11                                                      51.6           1.771   11                                                      52.6           1.740    6                                                      55.0           1.670    6                                                      55.4*          1.658   11                                                      ______________________________________                                          *peak resulting from CoAPSO35                                                  **peak resulting from CoAPSO16 and CoAPSO35                              

(b) The species denominated herein as CoAPSO-16 has a three-dimensional microporous crystal framework structure of CoO₂, AlO₂, PO₂ and SiO₂ tetrahedral units and has an empirical chemical composition on an anhydrous basis expressed by the formula:

    mR:(Co.sub.w Al.sub.x P.sub.y Si.sub.z)O.sub.2

where "R" represents at least one organic templating agent present in the intracrystalline pore system; "m" represents the molar amounts of "R" per mole of (Co_(w) Al_(x) P_(y) Si_(z))O₂ and has a value of from zero to about 0.3; "w", "x", "y" and "z" represent the mole fractions as above defined with reference to FIG. 1 or FIG. 2; and having in the as-synthesized or calcined form a characteristic x-ray powder diffraction pattern which contains at least the d-spacings set forth in Table XVI:

                  TABLE XVI                                                        ______________________________________                                         2θ    d,(Å) Relative Intensity                                       ______________________________________                                         11.4-11.6   7.76-7.63 w-s                                                      17.2-17.4   5.16-5.10 m                                                        18.7-18.9   4.75-4.70 vw-m                                                     21.9-22.1   4.06-4.02 vs                                                       23.1-23.3   3.85-3.82 m                                                        26.8-27.0   3.326-3.302                                                                              m                                                        29.8-29.9   2.998-2.988                                                                              w-m                                                      ______________________________________                                    

(c) The CoAPSO-16 compositions for which x-ray powder diffraction patterns have been obtained to date have patterns which are characterized by the x-ray pattern of Table XVII:

                  TABLE XVII                                                       ______________________________________                                         2θ      d,(Å) 100 × I/Io                                       ______________________________________                                         11.4-11.6     7.76-7.63 11-79                                                  17.2-17.4     5.16-5.10 66-80                                                  18.7-18.9     4.75-4.70  7-53                                                  21.9-22.1     4.06-4.02 100                                                    23.1-23.3     3.85-3.82 21-24                                                  26.8-27.0     3.326-3.302                                                                              23-28                                                  29.0          3.079     14-18                                                  29.5-29.7     3.028-3.008                                                                               4-15                                                  29.8-29.9     2.998-2.988                                                                              15-29                                                  32.7-32.9     2.739-2.722                                                                              3-9                                                    34.5-34.7     2.600-2.585                                                                               9-13                                                  37.8-38.0     2.380-2.368                                                                              6-9                                                    40.0-40.2     2.534-2.243                                                                              1-9                                                    44.3-44.6     2.045-2.032                                                                              2-9                                                    48.5-48.7     1.877-1.870                                                                               8-13                                                  49.5-49.7     1.841-1.834                                                                               8-11                                                  51.5-51.7     1.774-1.768                                                                               6-11                                                  52.5-52.7     1.743-1.737                                                                              6-7                                                    54.9-55.1     1.672-1.667                                                                              1-6                                                    ______________________________________                                    

EXAMPLE 113

(a) The as-synthesized CoAPSO-20 of example 106 was subjected to analysis by x-ray. The CoAPSO-20 product was characterized by the x-ray powder diffraction pattern of Table XVIII below:

                  TABLE XVIII                                                      ______________________________________                                         2θ       d,(Å)                                                                              100 × I/Io                                        ______________________________________                                         10.293         8.5942  7                                                       12.078         7.3278  1                                                       13.925         6.3595  46                                                      14.376         6.1609  2                                                       18.773         4.7268  2                                                       19.738         4.4977  42                                                      20.507         4.3307  3                                                       22.093         4.0233  3                                                       24.227         3.6735  100                                                     26.363         3.3806  3                                                       26.941         3.3094  3                                                       28.052         3.1808  11                                                      31.442         2.8451  11                                                      31.759         2.8175  2                                                       31.980         2.7985  2                                                       34.523         2.5980  16                                                      37.426         2.4029  1                                                       40.075         2.2499  4                                                       42.614         2.1215  4                                                       47.3           1.922   4                                                       51.8           1.765   8                                                       ______________________________________                                    

(b) CoAPSO-20, of example 106 was calcined in air at 500° for one hour. The calcined product was characterized by the x-ray powder diffraction pattern of Table XIX below:

                  TABLE XIX                                                        ______________________________________                                         2θ      d,(Å)                                                                              100 × I/Io                                         ______________________________________                                         10.6*         8.39    7                                                        21.1*         7.30    3                                                        12.2*         7.24    2                                                        14.0          6.33    75                                                       14.8*         6.01    3                                                        16.1*         5.51    2                                                        19.8          4.48    38                                                       22.2          4.01    4                                                        24.3          3.66    100                                                      26.7*         3.344   3                                                        27.6*         3.227   2                                                        28.1          3.173   14                                                       31.5          2.839   13                                                       32.2*         2.781   2                                                        32.4*         2.764   2                                                        34.6          2.593   18                                                       40.2          2.244   3                                                        42.5          2.127   4                                                        47.3          1.922   4                                                        51.8          1.765   8                                                        ______________________________________                                          *impurity peak                                                           

(c) The species denominated herein as CoAPSO-20 has a three-dimensional microporous crystal framework structure of CoO₂, AlO₂, PO₂ and SiO₂ tetrahedral units and has an empirical chemical composition on an anhydrous basis expressed by the formula:

    mR:(Co.sub.w Al.sub.x P.sub.y Si.sub.z)O.sub.2

where "R" represents at least one organic templating agent present in the intracrystalline pore system; "m" represents the molar amount of "R" per mole of (Co_(w) Al_(x) P_(y) Si_(z))O₂ and has a value of from zero to about 0.3; "w", "x", "y" and "z" represent the mole fractions as above defined with reference to FIG. 1 or FIG. 2; and having in the as-synthesized or calcined form a characteristic x-ray powder diffraction pattern which contains at least the d-spacings set forth in Table XX:

                  TABLE XX                                                         ______________________________________                                         2θ    d,(Å) Relative Intensity                                       ______________________________________                                         13.9-14.0   6.37-6.33 m                                                        19.7-19.8   4.51-4.48 m                                                        24.2-24 3   3.68-3.66 vs                                                       28.0-28.1   3.187-3.175                                                                              w                                                        31.4-31.5   2.849-2.840                                                                              w                                                        34.5-34.6   2.600-2.592                                                                              w                                                        ______________________________________                                    

(d) The CoAPSO-20 compositions for which x-ray powder diffraction patterns have been obtained to date have patterns which care characterized by the x-ray pattern of Table XXI:

                  TABLE XXI                                                        ______________________________________                                         2θ      d,(Å) 100 × I/Io                                       ______________________________________                                         13.9-14.0     6.37-6.33 44-75                                                  19.7-19.8     4.51-4.48 38-42                                                  22.1-22.2     4.02-4.00 3-4                                                    24.2-24.3     3.68-3.66 100                                                    28 0-28.1     3.187-3.175                                                                              11-14                                                  31.4-31.5     2.849-2.840                                                                              11-12                                                  34.5-34.6     2.600-2.592                                                                              16-18                                                  40.1-40.2     2.249-2.243                                                                              3-4                                                    42.5-42.6     2.127-2.122                                                                              3-4                                                    47.3-47.4     1.922-1.918                                                                              4-5                                                    51.8-51.9     1.765-1.762                                                                              8-9                                                    ______________________________________                                    

EXAMPLE 114

(a) The as-synthesized CoAPSO-31 of example 101 was subjected to analysis by x-ray. The CoAPSO-31 product was characterized by the x-ray powder diffraction pattern of Table XXII below:

                  TABLE XXII                                                       ______________________________________                                         2θ       d,(Å)                                                                              100 × I/Io                                        ______________________________________                                         8.5            10.35   58                                                      17.1           5.19    5                                                       18.4           4.82    2                                                       20.3           4.38    42                                                      21.1           4.20    4                                                       22.1           4.03    28                                                      22.7           3.93    100                                                     23.2           3.83    2                                                       25.2           3.537   4                                                       25.7           3.464   3                                                       28.0           3.187   12                                                      29.8           3.000   6                                                       31.8           2.816   20                                                      35.2           2.549   9                                                       36.2           2.482   2                                                       37.2           2.417   2                                                       37.7           2.386   2                                                       38.3           2.352   2                                                       39.4           2.288   3                                                       39.7           2.271   2                                                       40.3           2.239   2                                                       45.3           2.002   2                                                       46.8           1.943   2                                                       48.7           1.869   2                                                       51.7           1.768   4                                                       ______________________________________                                    

(b) CoAPSO-31 of part (a) was calcined in air at 500° for 1.5 hours. The calcined product was characterized by the x-ray powder diffraction pattern of Table XXIII below:

                  TABLE XXIII                                                      ______________________________________                                         2θ      d,(Å)                                                                              100 × I/Io                                         ______________________________________                                         8.5           10.36   73                                                       14.8          5.99    4                                                        17.1          5.19    10                                                       18.4          4.81    4                                                        20.3          4.37    56                                                       21.4          4.15    3                                                        22.1          4.03    47                                                       22.7          3.93    100                                                      23.4          3.80    3                                                        25.2          3.530   6                                                        25.7          3.464   7                                                        28.0          3.184   15                                                       29.8          2.300   10                                                       31.0          2.885   2                                                        31.8          2.813   31                                                       35.2          2.548   10                                                       36.3          2.476   5                                                        37.3          2.409   3                                                        37.7          2.385   3                                                        38.3          2.348   3                                                        39.4          2.287   4                                                        39.7          2.270   3                                                        40.3          2.237   3                                                        46.7          1.944   5                                                        47.6          1.910   3                                                        48.7          1.868   3                                                        49.3          1.849   2                                                        51.7          1.768   6                                                        ______________________________________                                    

(c) The species denominated herein as CoAPSO-31 has a three-dimensional microporous crystal framework structure of CoO₂, AlO₂, PO₂ and SiO₂ tetrahedral units and has an empirical chemical composition on an anhydrous basis expressed by the formula:

    mR:(Co.sub.w Al.sub.x P.sub.y Si.sub.z)O.sub.2

where "R" represents at least one organic templating agent present in the intracrystalline pore system; "m" represents the molar amount of "R" per mole of (Co_(w) Al_(x) P_(y) Si_(z))O₂ and has a value of from zero to about 0.3; "w", "x", "y" and "z" represent the mole fractions as above defined with reference to FIG. 1 or FIG. 2; and having in the as-synthesized or calcined form a characteristic x-ray powder diffraction pattern which contains at least the d-spacings set forth in Table XXIV:

                  TABLE XXIV                                                       ______________________________________                                         2θ    d,(Å) Relative Intensity                                       ______________________________________                                         8.5-8.6     10.40-10.28                                                                              m                                                        20.2-20.3   4.40-4.37 m                                                        22.0- 22.1  4.04-4.02 m                                                        22.6-22.7   3.93-3.92 vs                                                       28.0-28.1   3.187-3.175                                                                              w                                                        31.7-31.8   2.823-2.814                                                                              m                                                        ______________________________________                                    

(d) The CoAPSO-31 compositions for which x-ray powder diffraction patterns have been obtained to date have patterns which are characterized by the x-ray pattern of Table XXV:

                  TABLE XXV                                                        ______________________________________                                         2θ      d,(Å) 100 × I/Io                                       ______________________________________                                         8.5-8.6       10.40-10.28                                                                              58-73                                                   4.7-14.8     6.03-5.99 2-4                                                    17.0-17.2     5.22-5.16  5-10                                                  18.4-18.5     4.82-4.80 2-4                                                    20.2-20.3     4.40-4.37 42-56                                                  21.1-21.4     4.21-4.15 3-4                                                    22.0-22.1     4.04-4.02 28-47                                                  22.6-22.7     3.93-3.92 100                                                    23.2-23.4     3.83-3.80 2-3                                                    25.1-25.2     3.548-3.534                                                                              4-6                                                    25.7-25.8     3.466-3.453                                                                              3-7                                                    28.0-28.1     3.187-3.175                                                                              12-15                                                  29.7-29.8     3.008-2.998                                                                               6-10                                                  31.0-31.1     2.885-2.876                                                                              2-4                                                    31.7-31.8     2.823-2.814                                                                              20-31                                                  35.2-35.3     2.550-2.543                                                                               9-10                                                  36.2-36.3     2.481-2.475                                                                              2-5                                                    37.2-37.3     2.417-2.411                                                                              2-3                                                    37.7-37.8     2.386-2.380                                                                              2-3                                                    38.2-38.4     2.356-2.344                                                                              2-3                                                    39.3-39.4     2.292-2.287                                                                              3-4                                                    39.6-39.7     2.276-2.270                                                                              2-3                                                    40.2-40.3     2.243-2.238                                                                              2-3                                                    45.2-45.3     2.006-2.002                                                                              1-2                                                    46.7-46.8     1.945-1.941                                                                              2-5                                                    47.5-47.6     1.914-1.910                                                                              2-3                                                    48.7-48.8     1.870-1.866                                                                              2-3                                                    49.2-49.3     1.852-1.848                                                                              1-2                                                    51.6-51.7     1.771-1.768                                                                              4-6                                                    ______________________________________                                    

EXAMPLE 115

(a) The as-synthesized CoAPSO-34 of example 90 was subjected to analysis by x-ray. The CoAPSO-34 product was characterized by the x-ray powder diffraction pattern of Table XXVI below:

                  TABLE XXVI                                                       ______________________________________                                         2θ      d,(Å)                                                                              100 × I/Io                                         ______________________________________                                         9.6           9.22    100                                                      12.9          6.84    11                                                       14.2          6.26    10                                                       16.1          5.51    35                                                       18.1          4.92    15                                                       20.7          4.29    62                                                       22.3          3.98    3                                                        23.2          3.84    4                                                        25.3          3.522   17                                                       26.0          3.430   14                                                       27.7          3.217   2                                                        28.5          3.136   3                                                        29.7          3.010   4                                                        30.7          2.914   25                                                       31.3          2.855   16                                                       31.8          2.817   3                                                        34.5          2.597   6                                                        36.3          2.473   3                                                        39.8          2.263   3                                                        43.3          2.090   3                                                        43.6          2.075   3                                                        47.6          1.911   2                                                        47.8          1.904   3                                                        49.2          1.853   5                                                        51.1          1.786   3                                                        53.4          1.716   3                                                        54.7          1.678   2                                                        ______________________________________                                    

(b) CoAPSO-34, of example 90 was calcined in air at 600° for 1 hour. The calcined product was characterized by the x-ray powder diffraction pattern of Table XXVII below:

                  TABLE XXVII                                                      ______________________________________                                         2θ      d,(Å)                                                                              100 × I/Io                                         ______________________________________                                         9.6           9.20    100                                                      10.1          8.77    6                                                        13.0          6.80    14                                                       16.2          5.46    8                                                        17.9          4.97    4                                                        18.0          4.94    3                                                        19.3          4.60    4                                                        20.5          4.34    3                                                        20.8          4.27    14                                                       21.4          4.15    4                                                        23.3          3.82    2                                                        24.3          3.67    3                                                        25.1          3.543   3                                                        25.3          3.524   3                                                        25.7          3.464   2                                                        26.2          3.402   5                                                        31.0          2.831   10                                                       31.6          2.835   5                                                        31.8          2.815   3                                                        ______________________________________                                    

(c) The species denominated herein as CoAPSO-34 has a three-dimensional microporous crystal framework structure of CoO₂, AlO₂, PO₂ and SiO₂ tetrahedral units and has an empirical chemical composition on an anhydrous basis expressed by the formula:

    mR:(Co.sub.w Al.sub.x P.sub.y Si.sub.z)O.sub.2

where "R" represents at least one organic templating agent present in the intracrystalline pore system; "m" represents the molar amount of "R" per mole of (Co_(w) Al_(x) P_(y) Si_(z))O₂ and has a value of from zero to about 0.3; "w", "x", "y" and "z" represent the mole fractions, being as above defined with reference to FIG. 1 or FIG. 2; and having in the as-synthesized or calcined form a characteristic x-ray powder diffraction pattern which contains at least the d-spacings set forth in Table XXVIII:

                  TABLE XXVIII                                                     ______________________________________                                         2θ    d,(Å) Relative Intensity                                       ______________________________________                                         9.4-9.8     9.41-9.03 s-vs                                                     12.86-13.06 6.86-6.76 w                                                        14.08-14.30 6.28-6.19 w-m                                                      15.90-16.20 5.57-5.47 vw-m                                                     20.60-20.83 4.31-4.26 w-vs                                                     30.50-30.80 2.931-2.903                                                                              w-m                                                      ______________________________________                                    

(d) The CoAPSO-34 compositions for which x-ray powder diffraction patterns have been obtained to date have patterns which are characterized by the x-ray pattern of Table XXIX:

                  TABLE XXIX                                                       ______________________________________                                         2θ      d,(Å) 100 × I/Io                                       ______________________________________                                         9.4-9.8       9.41-9.03  87-100                                                10.09-10.14   8.77-8.72 1-6                                                    12.86-13.06   6.86-6.76 11-18                                                  14.08-14.30   6.28-6.19 10-24                                                  15.90-16.24   5.57-5.47  8-35                                                  17.85-18.05   4.97-4.92  3-15                                                  19.13-19.48   4.65-4.55 1-4                                                    20.48-20.56   4.34-4.33 sh-3                                                   20.60-20.83   4.31-4.26  14-100                                                21.41-22.35   4.15-3.98 3-4                                                    23.18-23.31   3.84-3.82 2-3                                                    24.25-24.53   3.67-3.63 0-3                                                    25.13-25.29   3.543-3.520                                                                               3-17                                                  25.72-25.98   3.464-3.430                                                                               3-14                                                  26.06-26.19   3.414-3.402                                                                              5-9                                                    27.73-27.80   3.217-3.209                                                                               2-16                                                  28.30-28.46   3.153-3.136                                                                              3-9                                                    29.50-29.68   3.028-3.010                                                                               4-14                                                  30.50-30.80   2.931-2.903                                                                              12-25                                                  31.04-31.33   2.881-2.855                                                                               7-16                                                  31.60-31.79   2.831-2.815                                                                              3-5                                                    34.40-34.53   2.607-2.597                                                                              5-6                                                    36.20-36.32   2.481-2.473                                                                              3-8                                                    38.40-38.60   2.314-2.332                                                                              3-5                                                    39.70-39.83   2.270-2.263                                                                              3-4                                                    43.10-43.28   2.099-2.090                                                                              sh-6                                                   43.40-43.61   2.015-2.075                                                                               3-10                                                  47.40-47.59   1.918-1.911                                                                              sh-2                                                   47.77- 47.80  1.904-1.903                                                                               3-10                                                  49.17-49.20   1.853-1.852                                                                               5-10                                                  49.90-50.40   1.828-1.809                                                                               0-11                                                  51.13-51.20   1.786-1.784                                                                               3-10                                                  53.20-53.39   1.722-1.716                                                                               3-10                                                  54.60-54.70   1.681-1.678                                                                              2-7                                                    55.80-55.90   1.647-1.645                                                                               2-10                                                  ______________________________________                                    

EXAMPLE 116

(a) The as-synthesized CoAPSO-35 of example 10 was subjected to analysis by x-ray. The CoAPSO-35 product was characterized by the x-ray powder diffraction pattern of Table XXX below:

                  TABLE XXX                                                        ______________________________________                                         2θ      d,(Å)                                                                              100 × I/Io                                         ______________________________________                                         7.9*          11.19   8                                                        8.6           10.28   18                                                       10.9          8.12    45                                                       11.6          7.63    8                                                        13.4          6.61    30                                                       15.9          5.57    15                                                       17.3          5.13    83                                                       17.8          4.98    20                                                       20.9          4.25    58                                                       21.9          4.06    100                                                      22.7          3.92    13                                                       23.3          3.82    38                                                       24.9          3.58    13                                                       25.6          3.480   8                                                        26.9          3.314   28                                                       28.3          3.153   45                                                       29.1          3.069   13                                                       31.4*         2.849   10                                                       32.2          2.780   40                                                       34.3          2.614   10                                                       35.2*         2.550   8                                                        35.9          2.501   8                                                        37.8          2.380   5                                                        39.4          2.287   5                                                        41.9          2.156   8                                                        42.6          2.122   10                                                       44.6          2.032   8                                                        47.8          1.903   8                                                        48.6          1.873   8                                                        49.8          1.831   10                                                       51.2          1.784   10                                                       55.7          1.650   8                                                        ______________________________________                                          *impurity peak                                                           

(b) CoAPSO-35, of example 10 was calcined in air at 500° C. for two hours. The calcined product was characterized by the x-ray powder diffraction pattern of Table XXXI below:

                  TABLE XXXI                                                       ______________________________________                                         2θ      d,(Å)                                                                              100 × I/Io                                         ______________________________________                                         8.7           10.16   26                                                       11.0          8.04    90                                                       11.8          7.50    21                                                       13.7          6.46    100                                                      16.2          5.47    16                                                       17.4          5.10    26                                                       17.6          5.04    37                                                       21.2          4.19    42                                                       22.3          3.99    58                                                       23.2          3.83    26                                                       23.7          3.75    37                                                       25.1          3.548   26                                                       25.3          3.520   32                                                       26.3          3.389   26                                                       27.5          3.243   42                                                       28.6          3.121   53                                                       28.8          3.100   53                                                       29.6          3.018   32                                                       31.9*         2.805   26                                                       32.8          2.730   42                                                       34.5          2.600   21                                                       35.0          2.564   21                                                       35.8          2.508   16                                                       ______________________________________                                          *impurity peak                                                           

(c) The species denominated herein as CoAPSO-35 has a three-dimensional microporous crystal framework structure of CoO₂, AlO₂, PO₂ and SiO₂ tetrahedral units and has an empirical chemical composition on an anhydrous basis expressed by the formula:

    mR:(Co.sub.w Al.sub.x P.sub.y Si.sub.z)O.sub.2

where "R" represents at least one organic templating agent present in the intracrystalline pore system; "m" represents the molar amount of "R" per mole of (Co_(w) Al_(x) P_(y) Si_(z))O₂ and has a value of zero to about 0.3; "w", "x", "y" and "z" represent the mole fractions as above defined with reference to FIG. 1 or FIG. 2; and having in the as-synthesized or calcined form a characteristic x-ray powder diffraction pattern which contains at least the d-spacings set forth in Table XXXII:

                  TABLE XXXII                                                      ______________________________________                                         2θ    d, (Å)                                                                               Relative Intensity                                       ______________________________________                                         10.9-11.0   8.12-8.04 m-vs                                                     13.4-13.7   6.61-6.46 m-vs                                                     17.3-17.4   5.13-5.10 m-s                                                      20.9-21.2   4.25-4.19 m                                                        21.9-22.3   4.06-3.99 m-vs                                                     28.3-28.6   3.153-3.121                                                                              m                                                        ______________________________________                                    

(d) The CoAPSO-35 compositions for which x-ray powder diffraction patterns have been obtained to date have patterns which are characterized by the x-ray pattern of Table XXXIII:

                  TABLE XXXIII                                                     ______________________________________                                         2θ       d, (Å)                                                                               100 × I/Io                                      ______________________________________                                         7.9*           11.19     8                                                     8.6-8.7        10.28-10.16                                                                              18-26                                                 10.9-11.0      8.12-8.04 45-90                                                 11.6-11.8      7.63-7.50  8-21                                                 13.4-13.7      6.61-6.46  30-100                                               15.9-16.2      5.57-5.47 15-16                                                 17.3-17.4      5.13-5.10 26-83                                                 17.6-17.8      5.04-5.98 20-37                                                 20.9-21.2      4.25-4.19 42-58                                                 21.9-22.3      4.06-3.99  58-100                                               22.7-23.2      3.92-3.83 13-26                                                 23.3-23.7      3.83-3.75 37-38                                                 24.9-25.1       3.58-3.548                                                                              13-26                                                 25.3            3.520    32                                                    25.6-26.3      3.480-3.389                                                                               8-26                                                 26.9-27.5      3.314-3.243                                                                              28-42                                                 28.3-28.6      3.153-3.121                                                                              45-53                                                 28.8-29.6      3.100-3.018                                                                              13-53                                                 31.4-31.9      2.849-2.805                                                                              10-26                                                 32.2-32.8      2.780-2.730                                                                              40-42                                                 34.3-34.5      2.614-2.600                                                                              10-21                                                  35.0-35.2*    2.564-2.550                                                                               8-21                                                 35.8-35.9      2.508-2.501                                                                               8-16                                                 37.8-37.9      2.380-2.374                                                                              5                                                     39.4-39.5      2.287-2.281                                                                              5                                                     41.9-42.0      2.156-2.151                                                                              8                                                     42.6-42.7      2.122-2.118                                                                              10                                                    44.6-44.7      2.032-2.027                                                                              8                                                     47.8-47.9      1.903-1.900                                                                              8                                                     48.6-48.7      1.873-1.870                                                                              8                                                     49.8-49.9      1.831-1.828                                                                              10                                                    51.2- 51.3     1.784-1.781                                                                              10                                                    55.6-55.7      1.653-1.650                                                                              8                                                     ______________________________________                                    

EXAMPLE 117

(a) The as-synthesized CoAPSO-36 of example 93 was subjected to analysis by x-ray. The CoAPSO-36 product was characterized by the x-ray powder diffraction pattern of Table XXXIV below:

                  TABLE XXXIV                                                      ______________________________________                                         2θ      d, (Å)                                                                             100 × I/Io                                         ______________________________________                                         7.3           12.11   7                                                        8.0           11.12   100                                                      8.2           10.74   29                                                       9.2           9.65    4                                                        12.9          6.86    5                                                        13.6          6.52    8                                                        13.7          6.48    8                                                        15.9          5.57    14                                                       16.5          5.38    42                                                       18.4          4.83    6                                                        19.1          4.64    37                                                       20.8          4.27    49                                                       21.6          4.12    7                                                        21.8          4.09    22                                                       22.1          4.03    28                                                       22.6          3.94    29                                                       23.0          3.86    9                                                        24.0          3.71    9                                                        27.3          3.267   20                                                       27.7          3.226   7                                                        28.4          3.148   13                                                       28.7          3.116   5                                                        29.2          3.063   12                                                       30.4          2.940   7                                                        32.1          2.792   12                                                       34.9          2.571   12                                                       ______________________________________                                    

(b) CoAPSO-36, of example 93 was calcined in air at 500° for one hour. The calcined product was characterized by the x-ray powder diffraction pattern of Table XXXV below:

                  TABLE XXXV                                                       ______________________________________                                         2θ      d, (Å)                                                                             100 × I/Io                                         ______________________________________                                         7.4           12.00   8                                                        8.0           11.10   100                                                      8.3           10.69   33                                                       13.6          6.52    13                                                       15.9          5.58    8                                                        16.6          5.36    32                                                       19.3          4.59    29                                                       20.8          4.27    26                                                       21.5          4.14    8                                                        21.8          4.07    11                                                       22.3          3.98    19                                                       22.7          3.92    17                                                       24.0          3.71    7                                                        27.3          3.266   19                                                       27.8          3.215   10                                                       28.3          3.154   12                                                       28.4          3.145   13                                                       28.5          3.131   10                                                       29.2          3.062   13                                                       32.0          2.797   10                                                       ______________________________________                                    

(c) The species denominated herein as CoAPSO-36 has a three-dimensional microporous crystal framework structure of CoO₂, AlO₂, PO₂ and SiO₂ tetrahedral units and has an empirical chemical composition on an anhydrous basis expressed by the formula:

    mR:(Co.sub.w Al.sub.x P.sub.y Si.sub.z)O.sub.2

where "R" represents at least one organic templating agent present in the intracrystalline pore system; "m" represents the molar amount of "R" per mole of (Co_(w) Al_(x) P_(y) Si_(z))O₂ and has a value of from zero to about 0.3; "w", "x", "y" and "z" represent the mole fractions as above defined with reference to FIG. 1 or FIG. 2; and having in the as-synthesized or calcined form a characteristic x-ray powder diffraction pattern which contains at least the d-spacings set forth in Table XXXVI:

                  TABLE XXXVI                                                      ______________________________________                                         2θ    d, (Å)                                                                               Relative Intensity                                       ______________________________________                                         7.8-8.0     11.33-11.05                                                                              vs                                                       8.2-8.3     10.78-10.65                                                                              m                                                        16.4-16.6   5.40-5.34 m                                                        19.0-19.3   4.67-4.60 m                                                        20.7-21.0   4.29-4.23 m                                                        22.3-22.6   3.99-3.93 w-m                                                      ______________________________________                                    

(d) The CoAPSO-36 compositions for which x-ray powder diffraction patterns have been obtained to date have patterns which are characterized by the x-ray pattern of Table XXXVII:

                  TABLE XXXVII                                                     ______________________________________                                         2θ      d, (Å)                                                                               100 × I/Io                                       ______________________________________                                         7.3-7.5       12.11-11.79                                                                              7-8                                                    7.8-8.0       11.33-11.05                                                                              100                                                    8.2-8.3       10.78-10.65                                                                              29-33                                                  9.2-9.3       9.61-9.51 4-5                                                    12.9-13.0     6.86-6.81 4-5                                                    13.5-13.6     6.56-6.51  8-13                                                  13.7          6.46      7-8                                                    15.8-16.0     5.61-5.54  8-14                                                  16.4-16.6     5.40-5.34 32-42                                                  18.4          4.82      4-6                                                    19.0-19.3     4.67-4.60 29-36                                                  20.7-21.0     4.29-4.23 26-49                                                  21.5-21.7     4.13-4.10 7-8                                                    21.8-22.0     4.08-4.04 11-22                                                  22.3-22.6     3.99-3.93 17-29                                                  22.9-23.0     3.88-3.87 5-9                                                    23.9-24.0     3.72-3.71 7-9                                                    27.2-27.3     3.278-3.267                                                                              19-20                                                  27.6-27.8     3.232-3.209                                                                               7-10                                                  28.3-28.4     3.153-3.143                                                                              12-13                                                  28.5-28.7     3.132-3.110                                                                               5-10                                                  29.0-29.2     3.079-3.058                                                                              12-13                                                  30.3-30.4     2.950-2.940                                                                              5-7                                                    32.0-32.1     2.797-2.788                                                                              10-12                                                  34.7-34.9     2.585-2.571                                                                              10-12                                                  ______________________________________                                    

EXAMPLE 118

(a) The as-synthesized CoAPSO-39 of example 45 was subjected to analysis by x-ray. The CoAPSO-39 product was characterized by the x-ray powder diffraction pattern of Table XXXVIII below:

                  TABLE XXXVIII                                                    ______________________________________                                         2θ       d, (Å)                                                                             100 × I/Io                                        ______________________________________                                         8.0*           11.05   31                                                      9.4**          9.41    47                                                      13.1*          6.76    22                                                      13.3           6.66    16                                                      14.8*          5.99    9                                                       15.6*          5.68    31                                                      16.2*          5.47    6                                                       18.1           4.90    16                                                      19.0*          4.67    9                                                       20.2*          4.40    41                                                      21.0**         4.23    100                                                     22.1*          4.02    53                                                      22.4**         3.97    53                                                      22.6*          3.93    69                                                      23.1*          3.85    66                                                      24.7*          3.60    13                                                      26.4**         3.376   28                                                      26.9           3.314   13                                                      27.7* 3.220    13                                                              28.1           3.175   13                                                      28.6**         3.121   25                                                      29.4           3.038   13                                                      30.2           2.959   13                                                      31.4*          2.849   13                                                      32.7**         2.739   22                                                      34.2**         2.622   16                                                      34.6           2.592   6                                                       36.2           2.481   6                                                       37.6           2.392   16                                                      37.8**         2.380   16                                                      39.4**         2.287   9                                                       42.9**         2.108   9                                                       44.6**         2.032   9                                                       48.6           1.873   6                                                       50.6*          1.804   6                                                       51.4           1.778   6                                                       54.5**         1.684   9                                                       55.6**         1.653   6                                                       ______________________________________                                          *peak resulting from CoAPSO11                                                  **peak resulting from CoAPSO11 and CoAPSO 39                             

(b) The species denominated herein as CoAPSO-39 has a three-dimensional microporous crystal framework structure of CoO₂, AlO₂, PO₂ and SiO₂ tetrahedral units and has an empirical chemical composition on an anhydrous basis expressed by the formula:

    mR:(Co.sub.w Al.sub.x P.sub.y Si.sub.z)O.sub.2

where "R" represents at least one organic templating agent present in the intracrystalline pore system; "m" represents the molar amount of "R" per mole of (Co_(w) Al_(x) P_(y) Si_(z))O₂ and has a value of from zero to about 0.3; "w", "x", "y" and "z" represent the mole fractions as above defined with reference to FIG. 1 or FIG. 2; and having in the as-synthesized or calcined form a characteristic x-ray powder diffraction pattern which contains at least the d-spacings set forth in Table XXXIX:

                  TABLE XXXIX                                                      ______________________________________                                         2θ    d, (Å)                                                                               Relative Intensity                                       ______________________________________                                         9.4-9.5     9.41-9.31 m                                                        13.3-13.4   6.66-6.61 m                                                        18.1-18.2   4.90-4.87 w-m                                                      21.0-21.2   4.23-4.19 vs                                                       22.4-22.5   3.97-3.95 m-s                                                      26.4-26.5   3.376-3.363                                                                              m                                                        ______________________________________                                    

(c) The CoAPSO-39 compositions for which x-ray powder diffraction patterns have been obtained to date have patterns which are characterized by the x-ray pattern of Table XXXX:

                  TABLE XXXX                                                       ______________________________________                                         2θ       d, (Å)                                                                               100 × I/Io                                      ______________________________________                                         9.4-9.5        9.41-9.31 31-43                                                 13.3-13.4      6.66-6.61 22-30                                                 18.1-18.2      4.90-4.87 16-31                                                 21.0-21.2      4.23-4.19 100                                                   22.4-22.5      3.97-3.95 53-80                                                 26.4-26.5      3.376-3.363                                                                              28-29                                                 26.9-27.0      3.314-3.302                                                                               6-13                                                 28.1-28.2      3.175-3.164                                                                              13-15                                                 28.6-28.7      3.121-3.110                                                                              10-25                                                 29.4-29.5      3.038-3.028                                                                              13-18                                                 30.2           2.959     13-15                                                 32.7-32.8      2.739-2.730                                                                              17-22                                                 34.2-34.3      2.622-2.614                                                                              12-16                                                 34.5-34.6      2.617-2.592                                                                               6-10                                                 36.2-36.3      2.481-2.475                                                                              6-8                                                   37.6-37.9      2.392-2.374                                                                              16-17                                                 39.4-39.5      2.287-2.281                                                                               9-11                                                 42.9-43.0      2.108-2.103                                                                              8-9                                                   44.6-44.8      2.032-2.023                                                                              6-9                                                   48.5-48.6      1.877-1.873                                                                              5-6                                                   51.4-51.6      1.778-1.771                                                                              5-6                                                   54.5-54.6      1.684-1.681                                                                               9-10                                                 55.4-55.6      1.658-1.653                                                                              5-6                                                   ______________________________________                                    

EXAMPLE 119

(a) The as-synthesized CoAPSO-44 of example 19 was subjected to analysis by x-ray. The CoAPSO-44 product was characterized by the x-ray powder diffraction pattern of Table XXXXI below:

                  TABLE XXXXI                                                      ______________________________________                                         2θ      d, (Å)                                                                             100 × I/Io                                         ______________________________________                                         4.8*          18.41   8                                                        9.4           9.41    100                                                      13.1          6.76    22                                                       13.9          6.37    5                                                        15.9          5.57    (sh)                                                     16.2          5.47    37                                                       17.4          5.10    5                                                        19.0          4.67    9                                                        20.8          4.27    72                                                       21.8          4.08    17                                                       22.7          3.92    9                                                        23.1          3.85    9                                                        24.4          3.65    49                                                       26.2          3.401   31                                                       27.8          3.209   11                                                       29.0          3.079   sh                                                       29.7          3.008   8                                                        30.1          2.969   20                                                       30.8          2.903   49                                                       31.6          2.831   3                                                        32.5          2.755   6                                                        32.9          2.722   6                                                        34.8          2.578   5                                                        35.5          2.529   9                                                        38.6          2.332   5                                                        39.3          2.292   3                                                        39.8          2.265   sh                                                       40.0          2.254   6                                                        42.2          2.141   5                                                        42.6          2.122   5                                                        43.7          2.071   3                                                        44.4          2.040   3                                                        46.2          1.965   3                                                        47.3          1.922   3                                                        48.2          1.888   12                                                       48.7          1.870   8                                                        50.3          1.814   15                                                       52.0          1.759   5                                                        53.8          1.704   9                                                        54.8          1.675   3                                                        ______________________________________                                    

(b) CoAPSO-44 of example 10 was calcined in air at 500° for 1.25 hours. The calcined product was characterized by the x-ray powder diffraction pattern of Table XXXXII below:

                  TABLE XXXXII                                                     ______________________________________                                         2θ      d, (Å)                                                                             100 × I/Io                                         ______________________________________                                         8.9           9.94    20                                                       9.3           9.51    100                                                      12.9          6.86    24                                                       14.0          6.33    5                                                        15.8          5.61    sh                                                       16.0          5.54    14                                                       17.8          4.98    18                                                       19.1          4.65    4                                                        20.5          4.33    40                                                       22.1          4.02    4                                                        22.3          3.99    4                                                        23.0          3.87    7                                                        25.1          3.548   12                                                       25.8          3.453   13                                                       27.6          3.232   3                                                        28.2          3.164   4                                                        29.5          3.028   3                                                        30.6          2.921   21                                                       31.1          2.876   14                                                       31.7          2.823   4                                                        32.2          2.780   2                                                        33.4          2.683   3                                                        33.7          2.660   4                                                        34.5          2.600   8                                                        36.2          2.481   5                                                        38.2          2.356   2                                                        38.7          2.327   3                                                        39.2          2.298   2                                                        39.8          2.265   3                                                        42.9          2.108   3                                                        43.4          2.085   4                                                        47.6          1.910   3                                                        49.0          1.859   5                                                        49.8          1.831   3                                                        50.6          1.804   3                                                        51.0          1.791   4                                                        53.2          1.722   3                                                        54.7          1.678   2                                                        ______________________________________                                    

(c) The species denominated herein as CoAPSO-44 has a three-dimensional microporous crystal framework structure of CoO₂, AlO₂, PO₂ and SiO₂ tetrahedral units and has an empirical chemical composition on an anhydrous basis expressed by the formula:

    mR:(Co.sub.w Al.sub.x P.sub.y Si.sub.z)O.sub.2

where "R" represents at least one organic templating agent present in the intracrystalline pore system; "m" represents the molar amount of "R" per mole of (Co_(w) Al_(x) P_(y) Si_(z))O₂ and has a value of from zero to about 0.3; "w", "x", "y" and "z" represent the mole fractions as above defined with reference to FIG. 1 or FIG. 2; and having in the as-synthesized or calcined form a characteristic x-ray powder diffraction pattern which contains at least the d-spacings set forth in Table XXXXIII:

                  TABLE XXXXIII                                                    ______________________________________                                         2θ    d, (Å)                                                                               Relative Intensity                                       ______________________________________                                         9.3-9.5     9.51-9.31 vs                                                       16.0-16.3   5.54-5.44 w-m                                                      20.5-20.8   4.33-4.27 m                                                        24.3-25.1    3.66-3.548                                                                              w-m                                                      25.8-26.2   3.453-3.401                                                                              w-m                                                      30.7-31.1   2.912-2.876                                                                              vw-m                                                     ______________________________________                                    

(d) The CoAPSO-44 compositions for which x-ray powder diffraction patterns have been obtained to date have patterns which are characterized by the x-ray pattern of Table XXXXIV:

                  TABLE XXXXIV                                                     ______________________________________                                         2θ       d, (Å)                                                                               100 × I/Io                                      ______________________________________                                          4.8*          18.41     8                                                      8.9           9.94       20                                                   9.3-9.5        9.51-9.31  100                                                  12.9-13.1      6.86-6.76 22-24                                                 13.7-14.0      6.46-6.33 5-6                                                   15.8-15.9      5.6-5.57  sh                                                    16.0-16.3      5.54-5.44 14-37                                                 17.4-17.8      5.10-4.98  5-18                                                 18.9-19.1      4.70-4.65 4-9                                                   20.5-20.8      4.33-4.27 40-72                                                 21.8-22.1      4.08-4.02  4-17                                                 22.3-22.7      3.99-3.92 4-9                                                   23.0-23.1      3.87-3.85 7-9                                                   24.3-25.1      3.66-3.548                                                                               12-49                                                 25.8-26.2      3.453-3.401                                                                              13-31                                                 27.6-27.8      3.232-3.209                                                                               3-11                                                 28.2           3.164     4                                                     29.0-29.5      3.079-3.028                                                                              sh-3                                                  29.7-30.6      3.008-2.921                                                                               8-21                                                 30.7-31.1      2.912-2.876                                                                               4-49                                                 31.6-31.7      2.831-3.823                                                                              3-4                                                   32.2           2.780     2                                                     32.5-33.7      2.755-2.660                                                                              3-6                                                   34.5-34.8      2.600-2.578                                                                              5-8                                                   35.4-36.2      2.536-2.481                                                                              5-9                                                   38.2-38.6      2.356-2.332                                                                              2-5                                                   38.7-39.3      2.327-2.292                                                                              2-3                                                   39.8-40.0      2.265-2.254                                                                              sh-3                                                  42.2-42.9      2.141-2.108                                                                              3-5                                                   43.4-43.7      2.085-2.071                                                                              3-4                                                   44.4-46.2      2.040-1.965                                                                              3                                                     47.3-47.6      1.922-1.910                                                                              3                                                     48.1-49.0      1.892-1.859                                                                               5-12                                                 49.8-50.3      1.831-1.814                                                                               3-15                                                 50.6           1.804     3                                                     51.0-52.0      1.791-1.759                                                                              4-5                                                   53.2-53.8      1.722-1.704                                                                              3-9                                                   54.7-54.8      1.678-1.675                                                                              2-3                                                   ______________________________________                                    

EXAMPLE 120

(a) The as-synthesized CoAPSO-46 of example 36 was subjected to analysis by x-ray. The CoAPSO-46 product was characterized by the x-ray powder diffraction pattern of Table XXXXV below:

                  TABLE XXXXV                                                      ______________________________________                                         2θ      d, (Å)                                                                             100 × I/Io                                         ______________________________________                                         6.6           13.39   11                                                       6.9           12.81   7                                                        7.2           12.28   12                                                       7.7           11.48   100                                                      12.5          7.08    7                                                        13.1          6.76    5                                                        13.3          6.66    6                                                        13.5          6.56    4                                                        15.0          5.91    4                                                        15.4          5.75    5                                                        16.1          5.51    3                                                        16.8          5.28    6                                                        17.4          5.10    4                                                        17.5          5.07    5                                                        19.9          4.46    5                                                        20.6          4.31    5                                                        21.0          4.23    4                                                        21.4          4.15    sh                                                       21.7          4.10    13                                                       22.2          4.00    3                                                        22.9          3.88    7                                                        23.8          3.74    4                                                        24.3          3.66    5                                                        26.3          3.389   3                                                        26.9          3.314   7                                                        27.8          3.209   10                                                       28.3          3.153   5                                                        28.8          3.010   6                                                        29.9          2.988   4                                                        30.2          2.959   4                                                        30.7          2.912   4                                                        30.9          2.894   4                                                        31.2          2.867   5                                                        31.8          2.814   3                                                        33.0          2.714   4                                                        34.2          2.622   3                                                        36.0          2.495   5                                                        36.6          2.455   3                                                        44.0          2.058   3                                                        ______________________________________                                    

(b) The species denominated herein as CoAPSO-46 has a three-dimensional microporous crystal framework structure of CoO₂, AlO₂, PO₂ and SiO₂ tetrahedral units and has an empirical chemical composition on an anhydrous basis expressed by the formula:

    mR:(Co.sub.w Al.sub.x P.sub.y Si.sub.x)O.sub.2

where "R" represents at least one organic templating agent present in the intracrystalline pore system; "m" represents the molar amounts of "R" per mole of (Co_(w) Al_(x) P_(y) Si_(z))O₂ and has a value of from zero to about 0.3; "w", "x", "y" and "z" represent the mole fractions as above defined with reference to FIG. 1 or FIG. 2; and having in the as-synthesized or calcined form a characteristic x-ray powder diffraction pattern which contains at least the d-spacings set forth in Table XXXXVI:

                  TABLE XXXXVI                                                     ______________________________________                                         2θ    d, (Å)                                                                               Relative Intensity                                       ______________________________________                                         6.5-6.7     13.60-13.19                                                                              w                                                        7.2-7.4     12.28-11.95                                                                              w                                                        7.6-7.8     11.63-11.33                                                                              vs                                                       21.6-21.7   4.11-4.10 w                                                        27.8-27.9   3.209-3.198                                                                              w                                                        ______________________________________                                    

(c) The CoAPSO-46 compositions for which x-ray powder diffraction patterns have been obtained to date have patterns which are characterized by the x-ray pattern of Table XXXXVII:

                  TABLE XXXXVII                                                    ______________________________________                                         2θ      d,(Å) 100 × I/Io                                       ______________________________________                                         6.5-6.7       13.60-13.19                                                                              11                                                     6.9-7.0       12.81-12.63                                                                              7                                                      7.2-7.4       12.28-11.95                                                                              12                                                     7.6-7.8       11.63-11.33                                                                              100                                                    12.5-12.6     7.08-7.03 7                                                      13.1-13.3     6.76-6.66 5                                                      13.5-13.9     6.56-6.37 4                                                      15.0-15.1     5.91-5.87 4                                                      15.4          5.75      5                                                      16.1          5.51      3                                                      16.7-16.8     5.31-5.28 6                                                      17.4-17.5     5.10-5.07 4                                                      19.9-20.0     4.46-4.44 5                                                      20.5-20.6     4.33-4.31 5                                                      21.0          4.23      4                                                      21.4          4.15      sh                                                     21.6-21.7     4.11-4.10 13                                                     22.1-22.2     4.02-4.00 3                                                      22.8-22.9     3.90-3.88 7                                                      23.8          3.74      4                                                      24.2-24.3     3.68-3.66 5                                                      26.3-26.4     3.389-3.376                                                                              3                                                      26.8-26.9     3.326-3.314                                                                              7                                                      27.8-27.9     3.209-3.198                                                                              10                                                     28.3-28.4     3.153-3.143                                                                              5                                                      28.8-28.9     3.010-3.089                                                                              6                                                      29.8-29.9     2.998-2.988                                                                              4                                                      30.2          2.959     4                                                      30.7          2.912     4                                                      30.9-31.0     2.894-2.885                                                                              4                                                      31.2-31.3     2.867-2.858                                                                              5                                                      31.8-31.9     2.814-2.805                                                                              3                                                      32.8-33.0     2.730-2.714                                                                              4                                                      34.2-34.3     2.622-2.614                                                                              3                                                      35.9-36.0     2.510-2.495                                                                              5                                                      36.5-36.6     2.462-2.455                                                                              3                                                      44.0-44.1     2.058-2.053                                                                              3                                                      ______________________________________                                    

EXAMPLE 121

(a) The as-synthesized CoAPSO-47 of example 104 was subjected to analysis by x-ray. The CoAPSO-47 product was characterized by the x-ray powder diffraction pattern of Table XXXXVIII below:

                  TABLE XXXXVIII                                                   ______________________________________                                         2θ      d,(Å)                                                                              100 × I/Io                                         ______________________________________                                         9.4           9.37    94                                                       12.9          6.88    16                                                       13.8          6.40    9                                                        16.0          5.55    40                                                       17.5          5.06    14                                                       18.9          4.69    6                                                        20.6          4.32    100                                                      21.8          4.08    11                                                       22.4          3.97    4                                                        23.0          3.87    12                                                       24.6          3.62    38                                                       25.9          3.443   22                                                       27.6          3.230   11                                                       29.5          3.030   6                                                        30.6          2.926   42                                                       31.5          2.844   3                                                        33.1          2.707   3                                                        34.5          2.602   9                                                        35.7          2.518   7                                                        38.4          2.345   4                                                        39.6          2.275   4                                                        42.5          2.128   4                                                        47.6          1.910   4                                                        48.5          1.877   11                                                       50.3          1.815   7                                                        52.3          1.749   2                                                        53.2          1.721   5                                                        53.9          1.700   3                                                        54.3          1.690   3                                                        ______________________________________                                    

(b) CoAPSO-47, of example 104 was calcined in air at 500° for 1.5 hours. The calcined product was characterized by the x-ray powder diffraction pattern of Table XXXXIX below:

                  TABLE XXXXIX                                                     ______________________________________                                         2θ      d,(Å)                                                                              100 × I/Io                                         ______________________________________                                         9.6           9.18    100                                                      3.1           6.77    26                                                       14.2          6.23    3                                                        16.3          5.44    10                                                       18.1          4.90    16                                                       19.4          4.58    3                                                        21.0          4.24    26                                                       22.5          3.96    3                                                        23.5          3.79    3                                                        25.5          3.499   11                                                       26.4          3.381   9                                                        28.7          3.113   4                                                        31.2          2.868   14                                                       31.7          2.824   6                                                        ______________________________________                                    

(c) The species denominated herein as CoAPSO-47 has a three-dimensional microporous crystal framework structure of CoO₂, AlO₂, PO₂ and SiO₂ tetrahedral units and has an empirical chemical compositions on an anhydrous basis expressed by the formula:

    mR:(Co.sub.w Al.sub.x P.sub.y Si.sub.z)O.sub.2

where "R" represents at least one organic templating agent present in the intracrystalline pore system; "m" represents the molar amount of "R" per mole of (Co_(w) Al_(x) P_(y) Si_(z))O₂ and has a value of from zero to about 0.3; "w", "x", "y" and "z" represent the mole fractions as above defined with reference to FIG. 1 or FIG. 2; and having in the as-synthesized or calcined form a characteristic x-ray powder diffraction pattern which contains at least the d-spacings set forth in Table LI:

                  TABLE LI                                                         ______________________________________                                         2θ    d,(Å) Relative Intensity                                       ______________________________________                                         9.4-9.6     9.41-9.21 vs                                                       12.8-13.1   6.92-6.76 w-m                                                      16.0-16.3   5.54-5.44 w-m                                                      20.6-21.0   4.31-4.23 m-vs                                                     25.5-25.9   3.493-3.440                                                                              w-m                                                      30.6-31.1   2.921-2.876                                                                              w-m                                                      ______________________________________                                    

(d) The CoAPSO-47 compositions for which x-ray powder diffraction patterns have been obtained to date have patterns which are characterized by the x-ray pattern of Table LII:

                  TABLE LII                                                        ______________________________________                                         2θ      d,(Å) 100 × I/Io                                       ______________________________________                                         9.4-9.6       9.41-9.21  94-100                                                12.8-13.1     6.92-6.76 16-26                                                  13.8-14.2     6.42-6.24 3-9                                                    16.0-16.3     5.54-5.44 10-40                                                  17.5-18.1     5.07-4.90 14-16                                                  18.9-19.4     4.70-4.58 3-6                                                    20.6-21.0     4.31-4.23  26-100                                                21.8          4.08      11                                                     22.4-22.5     3.97-3.95 3-4                                                    23.0-23.5     3.87-3.79  3-12                                                  24.6          3.62      38                                                     25.5-25.9     3.493-3.440                                                                              11-22                                                  26.4          3.376     9                                                      27.6          3.232     11                                                     28.7          3.110     4                                                      29.5          3.028     6                                                      30.6-31.1     2.921-2.876                                                                              13-42                                                  31.5-31.7     2.840-2.823                                                                              3-6                                                    33.1          2.706     3                                                      34.5          2.600     9                                                      35.7          2.515     7                                                      38.4          2.344     4                                                      39.6          2.276     4                                                      42.5          2.127     4                                                      47.6          1.910     4                                                      48.5          1.877     11                                                     50.3          1.814     7                                                      52.3          1.749     2                                                      53.2          1.722     5                                                      53.9          1.701     3                                                      54.3          1.689     3                                                      ______________________________________                                    

EXAMPLE 122

In order to demonstrate the catalytic activity of the CoAPSO compositions, calcined samples of the CoAPSO products were tested for catalytic cracking by n-butane cracking.

The n-butane cracking was carried out using a bench scale rector. The reactor was a cylindrical quartz tube 254 mm. in length and 10.3 mm. I.D. In each test the reactor was loaded with particles of the test CoAPSO's which were 20-40 mesh. (U.S. std.) in size and in an amount of from 0.5 to 5 grams, the quantity being selected so that the conversion of n-butane was at least 5% and not more than 90% under the test conditions. Most of the CoAPSO had been previously calcined in air to remove organic materials from the pore system, and were activated in situ in the reactor in a flowing stream of helium at 500° C. for one hour. In some instances, samples were calcined in situ. The feedstock was a helium-n-butane mixture containing 2 mole percent n-butane and was passed through the reactor at a rate of 50 cc./minute. Analysis of the feedstock and the reactor effluent were carried out using conventional gas chromatography techniques. The reactor effluent was analyzed after 10 minutes of on-stream operation.

The pseudo-first-order rate constant (k_(A)) was calculated to determine the relative catalytic activity of the CoAPSO compositions. The k_(A) value (cm³ /g min) obtained for the CoAPSO compositions are set forth, below.

    ______________________________________                                         CoAPSO                                                                         of Example No:  Rate Constant (k.sub.A)                                        ______________________________________                                         CoAPSO-11 (Ex. 50)                                                                             1.0                                                            CoAPSO-11 (Ex. 42)*                                                                            2.0                                                            CoAPSO-11 (Ex. 42)                                                                             1.9                                                            CoAPSO-11 (Ex. 61)                                                                             1.4                                                            CoAPSO-31 (Ex. 102)                                                                            2.1                                                            CoAPSO-34 (Ex. 89)*                                                                            1.5                                                            CoAPSO-34 (Ex. 89)                                                                             8.7                                                            CoAPSO-34 (Ex. 90)                                                                             11.8                                                           CoAPSO-34 (Ex. 83)                                                                             28.1                                                           CoAPSO-34 (Ex. 77)*                                                                            11.1                                                           CoAPSO-35 (Ex. 10)*                                                                            1.0                                                            CoAPSO-44 (Ex. 19)                                                                             18.1                                                           CoAPSO-46 (Ex. 36)                                                                             2.4                                                            CoAPSO-47 (Ex. 104)                                                                            2.3                                                            CoAPSO-44 (Ex. 19)*                                                                            2.7                                                            CoAPSO-36 (Ex. 93)*                                                                            1.0                                                            CoAPSO-34 (Ex. 83)*                                                                            4.1                                                            CoAPSO-34 (Ex. 69)*                                                                            9.4                                                            CoAPSO-34 (Ex. 79)*                                                                            5.2                                                            CoAPSO-34 (Ex. 78)*                                                                            4.6                                                            CoAPSO-34 (Ex. 81)*                                                                            3.3                                                            ______________________________________                                          *calcined in situ at 500° C. in helium for 2 hours prior to             activation.                                                              

PROCESS APPLICATIONS

The CoAPSO compositions of the present invention are, in general, hydrophilic and adsorb water preferentially over common hydrocarbon molecles such as paraffins, olefins and aromatic species, e.g., benzene, xylenes and cumene. Thus, the CoAPSOs as a class are useful as desiccants in such adsorption separation/purification processes as natural gas drying, cracked gas drying. Water is also preferentially adsorbed over the so-called permanent gases such as carbon dioxide, nitrogen, oxygen and hydrogen. These CoAPSOs are therefore suitably employed in the drying of reformer hydrogen streams and in the drying of oxygen, nitrogen or air prior to liquidification.

The present CoAPSO compositions also exhibit novel surface selectivity characteristics which render them useful as catalyst or catalyst bases in a number of hydrocarbon conversion and oxidative combustion reactions. They can be impregnated or otherwise loaded with catalytically active metals by methods well known in the art and used, for example, in fabricating catalyst compositions having silica or alumina bases. Of the general class, those species having pores larger than about 4 Å are preferred for catalytic applications.

Among the hydrocarbon conversion reactions catalyzed by CoAPSO compositions are cracking, hydrocracking, alkylation for both the aromatic and isoparaffin types, isomerization including xylene isomerization, polymerization, reforming, hydrogenation, dehydrogenation, transalkylation, dealkylation, hydrodecyclization and dehydrocyclization.

Using CoAPSO catalyst compositions which contain a hydrogenation promoter such as platinum or palladium, heavy petroleum residual stocks, cyclic stocks and other hydrocrackable charge stocks, can be hydrocracked at temperatures in the range of 400° F. to 825° F. using molar ratios of hydrogen to hydrocarbon in the range of between 2 and 80, pressures between 10 and 3500 p.s.i.g., and a liquid hourly space velocity (LHSV) of from 0.1 to 20, preferably 1.0 to 10.

The CoAPSO catalyst compositions employed in hydrocracking are also suitable for use in reforming processes in which the hydrocarbon feedstocks contact the catalyst at temperatures of from about 700° F. to 1000° F., hydrogen pressures of from 100 to 500 p.s.i.g., LHSV values in the range of 0.1 to 10 and hydrogen to hydrocarbon molar ratios in the range of 1 to 20, preferably between 4 and 12.

These same catalysts, i.e. those containing hydrogenation promoters, are also useful in hydroisomerizations processes in which feedstocks such a normal paraffins are converted to saturated branched chain isomers. Hydroisomerization is carried out at a temperature of from about 200° F. to 600° F., preferably 300° F. to 550° F. with an LHSV value of from about 0.2 to 1.0. Hydrogen is supplied to the reactor in admixture with the hydrocarbon feedstock in molar proportions (hydrogen to hydrocarbon) of between 1 and 5.

At somewhat higher temperatures i.e. from about 650° F. to 1000° F., preferably 850° F. to 950° F. and usually at somewhat lower pressures within the range of about 15 to 50 p.s.i.g., the same catalyst compositions are used to hydroisomerize normal paraffins. Preferably the paraffin feedstock comprises normal paraffins having a carbon number range of C₇ -C₂₀. Contact time between the feedstock and the catalyst is generally relatively short to avoid undesirable side reactions such a olefin polymerization and paraffin cracking. LHSV values in the range of 0.1 to 10, preferably 1.0 to 6.0 are suitable.

The unique crystal structure of the present CoAPSO catalysts and their availability in a form totally void of alkali metal content favor their use in the conversion of alkylaromatic compounds, particularly the catalytic disproportionation of toluene, ethylene, trimethyl benzenes, tetramethyl benzenes and the like. In the disproportionation process, isomerization and transalkylation can also occur. Group VIII noble metal adjuvants alone or in conjunction with Group VI-B metals such as tungsten, molybdenum and chromium are preferably included in the catalyst composition in amounts of from about 3 to 15 weight-% of the overall composition. Extraneous hydrogen can, but need not, be present in the reaction zone which is maintained at a temperature of from about 400° to 750° F., pressures in the range of 100 to 2000 p.s.i.g. and LHSV values in the range of 0.1 to 15.

Catalytic cracking proceses are preferably carried out with CoAPSO compositions using feedstocks such as gas oils, heavy naphthas, deasphalted crude oil residua, etc., with gasoline being the principal desired product. Temperature conditions of 850° to 1100° F., LHSV values of 0.5 to 10 and pressure conditions of from about 0 to 50 p.s.i.g. are suitable.

Dehydrocyclization reactions employing paraffinic hydrocarbon feedstocks, preferably normal paraffins having more than 6 carbon atoms, to form benzene, xylenes, toluene and the like are carried out using essentially the same reaction conditions as for catalytic cracking. For these reactions it is preferred to use the CoAPSO catalyst in conjunction with a Group VIII non-noble metal cation such as cobalt and nickel.

In catalytic dealkylation wherein it is desired to cleave paraffinic side chains from aromatic nuclei without substantially hydrogenating the ring structure, relatively high temperatures in the range of about 800°-1000° F. are employed at moderate hydrogen pressures of about 300-1000 p.s.i.g., other conditions being similar to those described above for catalytic hydrocracking. Preferred catalyst are of the same type described above in connection with catalytic dehydrocyclization. Particlarly desirable dealkylation reactions contemplated herein include the conversion of methylnaphthalene to naphthalene and toluene and/or xylenes to benzene.

In catalytic hydrofining, the primary objective is to promote the selective hydrodecomposition of organic sulfur and/or nitrogen compounds in the feed, without substantially affecting hydrocarbon molecules therein. For this purpose it is preferred to employ the same general conditions described above for catalytic hydrocracking and catalysts of the same general nature described in connection with dehydrocyclization operations. Feedstocks include gasoline fractions, kerosenes, jet fuel fractions, diesel fractions, light and heavy gas oils, deasphalted crude oil residua and the like any of which may contain up to about 5 weight-percent of sulfur and up to about 3 weight-percent of nitrogen.

Similar conditions can be employed to effect hydrofining, i.e., denitrogenation and desulfurization, of hydrocarbon feeds containing substantial proportions of organonitrogen and organosulfur compounds. It is generally recognized that the presence of substantial amounts of such constitutents markedly inhibits the activity of hydrocracking catalysts. Consequently, it is necessary to operate at more extreme conditions when it is desired to obtain the same degree of hydrocracking conversion per pass on a relatively nitrogenous feed than are required with a feed containing less organonitrogen compounds. Consequently, the conditions under which denitrogenation, desulfurization and/or hydrocracking can be most expeditiously accomplished in any given situation are necessarily determined in view of the characteristics of the feedstocks in particular the concentration of organonitrogen compounds in the feedstock. As a result of the effect of organonitrogen compounds on the hydrocracking activity of these compositions it is not at all unlikely that the conditions most suitable for denitrogenation of a given feedstock having a relatively high organonitrogen content with minimal hydrocracking, e.g., less than 20 volume percent of fresh feed per pass, might be the same as those preferred for hydrocracking another feedstock having a lower concentration of hydrocracking inhibiting constituents e.g., organonitrogen compounds. Consequently, it has become the practice in this art to establish the conditions under which a certain feed is to be contacted on the basis of preliminary screening tests with the specific catalyst and feedstock.

Isomerization reactions are carried out under conditions similar to those described above for reforming, using somewhat more acidic catalysts. Olefins are preferably isomerized at temperatures of 500°-900° F., while paraffins, naphthenes and alkyl aromatics are isomerized at temperatures of 700°-1000° F. Particularly desirable isomerization reactions contemplated herein include the conversion of n-heptene and/or n-octane to isoheptanes iso-octanes, butane to iso-butane, methylcyclopentane to cyclohexane, meta-xylene and/or ortho-xylene to paraxylene, 1-butene to 2-butene and/or isobutene, n-hexene to isohexene, cyclohexene to methylcyclopentene etc. The preferred form of the catalyst is a combination of the CoAPSO with polyvalent metal compounds (such as sulfides) of metals of Group II-A, Group II-B and rare earth metals. For alkylation and dealkylation processes the CoAPSO compositions having pores of at least 5 Å are preferred. When employed for dealkylation of alkyl aromatics, the temperature is usually at least 350° F. and ranges up to a temperature at which substantial cracking of the feedstock or conversion products occurs, generally up to about 700° F. The temperature is preferably at least 450° F. and not greater than the critical temperature of the compound undergoing dealkylation. Pressure conditions are applied to retain at least the aromatic feed in the liquid state. For alkylation the temperature can be as low as 250° F. but is preferably at least 350° F. In the alkylation of benzene, toluene and xylene, the preferred alkylating agents are olefins such as ethylene and propylene. 

We claim:
 1. Process for converting a hydrocarbon which comprises contacting said hydrocarbon under hydrocarbon converting conditions with a molecular sieve, said molecular sieve being a crystalline molecular sieve having three-dimensional microporous framework structures of CoO₂, AlO₂, PO₂ and SiO₂ tetrahedral units having an empirical chemical composition on an anhydrous basis expressed by the formual:

    mR:(Co.sub.w Al.sub.x P.sub.y Si.sub.z)O.sub.2

wherein "R" represents at least one organic templating agent present in the intracrystalline pore system; "m" represents the molar amount of "R" present per mole of (Co_(x) Al_(x) P_(y) Si_(z))O₂ and has a value between zero (0) and about 0.3; and "w", "x", "y" and "z" represent the mole fractions of cobalt, aluminum, phosphorus and silicon, respectively, present at tetrahedral oxides, said mole fractions being such that they are within the pentagonal compositional area defined by points A, B, C, D, and E of FIG. 1 and each has a value of at least 0.01.
 2. Process according to claim 1 wherein the hydrocarbon conversion process is cracking.
 3. Process according to claim 1 wherein the hydrocarbon conversion process is hydrocracking.
 4. Process according to claim 1 wherein the hydrocarbon conversion process is hydrogenation.
 5. Process according to claim 1 wherein the hydrocarbon conversion process is polymerization.
 6. Process according to claim 1 wherein the hydrocarbon conversion process is alkylation.
 7. Process according to claim 1 wherein the hydrocarbon conversion process is reforming.
 8. Process according to claim 1 wherein the hydrocarbon conversion process is hydrotreating.
 9. Process according to claim 1 wherein the hydrocarbon conversion process is isomerization.
 10. Process according to claim 9 wherein the isomerization conversion process is xylene isomerization.
 11. Process according to claim 1 wherein the hydrocarbon conversion process is dehydrocyclization.
 12. Process according to claim 1 wherein the mole fractions of cobalt, aluminum, phosphorus and silicon present as tetrahedral oxides in said crystalline molecular sieve are within the tetragonal compositional area defined by points a, b, c and d of FIG.
 2. 13. Process according to claim 1 wherein the mole fractions "w" and "z" of cobalt and silicon respectively in said crystalline molecular sieve satisfy the following relationships:

    w≧0.01

    z≧0.02.


14. Process according to claim 1 wherein, before being contacted with said mixture of molecular species, said molecular sieve is calcined at a temperature sufficiently high to remove at least some of any organic templating agent present in the intracrystalline pore system.
 15. Process according to claim 1 wherein said crystalline molecular sieve has a characteristic X-ray powder diffraction pattern which contains at least the d-spacings set forth in one of the following Tables A to H and J to M:

                  TABLE A                                                          ______________________________________                                         (CoAPSO-5)                                                                     2θ    d(Å)  Relative Intensity                                       ______________________________________                                         7.3-7.5     12.11-11.79                                                                              m-vs                                                     14.7-14.9   6.03-5.95 w-m                                                      19.6-19.8   4.53-4.48 w-m                                                      20.9-21.2   4.25-4.19 w-vs                                                     22.3-22.4   3.99-3.97 m-vs                                                     25.8-26.0   3.453-3.427                                                                              vw-m                                                     ______________________________________                                    

                  TABLE B                                                          ______________________________________                                         (CoAPSO-11)                                                                    2θ    d(Å)  Relative Intensity                                       ______________________________________                                         7.9-8.1     11.19-10.92                                                                              m                                                        9.3-9.5     9.51-9.31 m-s                                                      21.0-21.3   4.23-4.17 vs                                                       22.1-22.3   4.02-3.99 m                                                        22.7-23.1   3.92-3.85 m                                                        23.2-23.4   3.83-3.80 m                                                        ______________________________________                                    

                  TABLE C                                                          ______________________________________                                         (CoAPSO-16)                                                                    2θ    d(Å)  Relative Intensity                                       ______________________________________                                         11.4-11.6   7.76-7.63 w-s                                                      17.2-l7.4   5.16-5.10 m                                                        18.7-18.9   4.75-4.70 vw-m                                                     21.9-22.1   4.06-4.02 vs                                                       23.1-23.3   3.85-3.82 m                                                        26.8-27.0   3.326-3.302                                                                              m                                                        29.8-29.9   2.998-2.988                                                                              w-m                                                      ______________________________________                                    

                  TABLE D                                                          ______________________________________                                         (CoAPSO-20)                                                                    2θ    d(Å)  Relative Intensity                                       ______________________________________                                         13.9-14.0   6.37-6.33 m                                                        19.7-19.8   4.51-4.48 m                                                        24.2-24.3   3.68-3.66 vs                                                       28.0-28.1   3.187-3.175                                                                              w                                                        31.4-31.5   2.849-2.840                                                                              w                                                        34.5-34.6   2.600-2.592                                                                              w                                                        ______________________________________                                    

                  TABLE E                                                          ______________________________________                                         (CoAPSO-31)                                                                    2θ    d(Å)  Relative Intensity                                       ______________________________________                                         8.5-8.6     10.40-10.28                                                                              m                                                        20.2-20.3   4.40-4.37 m                                                        22.0-22.1   4.04-4.02 m                                                        22.6-22.7   3.93-3.92 vs                                                       28.0-28.1   3.187-3.175                                                                              w                                                        31.7-31.8   2.823-2.814                                                                              m                                                        ______________________________________                                    

                  TABLE F                                                          ______________________________________                                         (CoAPSO-34)                                                                    2θ    d(Å)  Relative Intensity                                       ______________________________________                                         9.4-9.8     9.41-9.03 s-vs                                                     12.86-13.06 6.86-6.76 w                                                        14.08-14.30 6.28-6.19 w-m                                                      15.90-16.20 5.57-5.47 vw-m                                                     20.60-20.83 4.31-4.26 w-vs                                                     30.50-30.80 2.931-2.903                                                                              w-m                                                      ______________________________________                                    

                  TABLE G                                                          ______________________________________                                         (CoAPSO-35)                                                                    2θ    d(Å)  Relative Intensity                                       ______________________________________                                         10.9-11.0   8.12-8.04 m-vs                                                     13.4-13.7   6.61-6.46 m-vs                                                     17.3-17.4   5.13-5.10 m-s                                                      20.9-21.2   4.25-4.19 m                                                        21.9-22.3   4.06-3.99 m-vs                                                     28.3-28.6   3.153-3.121                                                                              m                                                        ______________________________________                                    

                  TABLE H                                                          ______________________________________                                         (CoAPSO-36)                                                                    2θ    d(Å)  Relative Intensity                                       ______________________________________                                         7.8-8.0     11.33-11.05                                                                              vs                                                       8.2-8.3     10.78-10.65                                                                              m                                                        16.4-16.6   5.40-5.34 m                                                        19.0-19.3   4.67-4.60 m                                                        20.7-21.0   4.29-4.23 m                                                        22.3-22.6   3.99-3.93 w-m                                                      ______________________________________                                    

                  TABLE J                                                          ______________________________________                                         (CoAPSO-39)                                                                    2θ    d(Å)  Relative Intensity                                       ______________________________________                                         9.4-9.5     9.41-9.31 m                                                        13.3-13.4   6.66-6.61 m                                                        18.1-18.2   4.90-4.87 w-m                                                      21.0-21.2   4.23-4.19 vs                                                       22.4-22.5   3.97-3.95 m-s                                                      26.4-26.5   3.376-3.363                                                                              m                                                        ______________________________________                                    

                  TABLE K                                                          ______________________________________                                         (CoAPSO-44)                                                                    2θ    d(Å)  Relative Intensity                                       ______________________________________                                         9.3-9.5     9.51-9.31 vs                                                       16.0-16.3   5.54-5.44 w-m                                                      20.5-20.8   4.33-4.27 m                                                        24.3-25.1    3.66-3.548                                                                              w-m                                                      25.8-26.2   3.453-3.401                                                                              w-m                                                      30.7-31.1   2.912-2.876                                                                              vw-m                                                     ______________________________________                                    

                  TABLE L                                                          ______________________________________                                         (CoAPSO-46)                                                                    2θ    d(Å)  Relative Intensity                                       ______________________________________                                         6.5-6.7     13.60-13.19                                                                              w                                                        7.2-7.4     12.28-11.95                                                                              w                                                        7.6-7.8     11.63-11.33                                                                              vs                                                       21.6-21.7   4.11-4.10 w                                                        27.8-27.9   3.209-3.198                                                                              w                                                        ______________________________________                                    

                  TABLE M                                                          ______________________________________                                         (CoAPSO-47)                                                                    2θ    d(Å)  Relative Intensity                                       ______________________________________                                         9.4-9.6     9.41-9.21 vs                                                       12.8-13.1   6.92-6.76 w-m                                                      16.0-16.3   5.54-5.44 w-m                                                      20.6-21.0   4.31-4.23 m-vs                                                     25.5-25.9   3.493-3.440                                                                              w-m                                                      30.6-31.1   2.921-2.876                                                                              w-m.                                                     ______________________________________                                     